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

There is no morality without temptation; otherwise it is just lack of opportunity.

On teacher education: induction into current mandates must not turn into seduction away from best practice.

Teaching is a never-ending story. The work is never over; the job is never done.

Evaluation schemes that implicate 100% of the staff to detect a small % of incompetents are a waste of time.

It is not the time to put school districts up for auction. Now is the time to galvanize them into action.

Schools that cannot tolerate interesting & enthusiastic eccentrics who work better alone than together are devoid of flexibility & spirit