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

Professional trust is a process, not a state.

Don't raise the bar and narrow the gap, but narrow the gap to raise the bar.

Capacity building originally meant helping people to help themselves. Now it means required training to deliver imposed policies.

Alberta funds almost all its schools and districts to design and evaluate their own innovations. Teachers are the drivers of change, not the driven.

Trust processes as well as people.

On learning: if you really want alignment, go to a chiropractor.