Singapore gives 10% "white space" time to all of its teachers to come up with their own innovations outside of the official curriculum. This encourages teachers to turn to their colleagues for inspiration and ideas.

Mentors turn into tormentors if they believe they are always right.

The quality & morale of teachers is absolutely central to the well being of students and their learning.

All teachers are already leaders. It's in the nature of teaching.

The teacher has more power than the Minister.

Every learner has special needs.

High performance leaders capitalize on crises to galvanize the motivation and actions of people in the organization.