The most important emotion in classrooms is surprise.

When the purge of teacher individualism is unrestrained, eccentricity, initiative and individuality become the casualties.

Improvement is about doing something better; innovation is about doing something new.

The economists who have put the spotlight on teacher quality are the ones who most misunderstand it.

You cannot switch teachers on and off as if they were PowerPoint presentations.

We should test prudently; not profligately.

Time is the enemy of freedom.