On government & unions: the only thing worse than blind trust is blind mistrust.

In healthy individuals, emotions don't distort rationality, they enhance it!

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.

What we want for our students we should want for our teachers: learning, challenge, support, and respect.

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

Courageous leadership is not fearless leadership. What makes you a leader is how you deal with your fears.

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