On data: We are the drivers, not the driven.

Without optimism & self-belief among teachers, classrooms become wastelands of boredom & routine and schools deserts of lost opportunity.

High performing organizations have cultures of creativity and risk. They encourage workers to innovate and play.

Service to others should be one of the most basic purposes of family life and schooling.

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

A first class system of early childhood education is the hallmark of a caring and civilized society.

Implementation of technological change must involve critics as well as advocates.