Teachers create and transform energy. They are the dynamos of educational change.

One or two bad teachers is a problem with the teachers. A school with many bad teachers is a problem of leadership.

It is those who have the distinction of privilege who set the standards of disgust with failure.

We will not achieve high performance in education if we replace teachers with machines or turn teachers into machines.

We need to establish platforms for teachers to initiate their own changes and make their own judgments on the frontline, to invest more in the change capacities of local districts and communities, and to pursue prudent rather than profligate approaches to testing.

It's important to be innovative when times are prosperous. It's essential to be innovative when they are not.

We disagree with the assertion that great teachers can be replaced by online alternatives. The futuristic claim that technology will triumph over teachers ignores all the social and relational dimensions of teaching and learning.