Too often, shared visions really mean, "I have a vision; you share it!"

The teacher has more power than the Minister.

As we seek to eliminate individualism in teaching, we should not eradicate individuality with it.

The bags that teachers carry home symbolize their guilt about the endless care they have to give.

There is a new science of complexity which says that the link between cause and effect is increasingly difficult to trace; that change (planned or otherwise) unfolds in non-linear ways; that paradoxes and contradictions abound; and that creative solutions arise out of diversity, uncertainty and chaos.

In high performing countries, principals are working with highly qualified teachers who come from the top tiers of the graduation range, who have been rigorously prepared in universities and through supervised practice in schools, and who remain in education for all of their careers.

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