Andy Hargreaves Quotes

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

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

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

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.

Human growth is not like rhubarb. It can be nurtured and encouraged but it cannot be forced.

High performance leaders know they have to breathe out when they are coming up for air.

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.

Students are often the last to know about change that is occurring in their own school system.

Arrogance is the conjoined twin of ignorance.

When creativity is the goal, schools must have their own platforms to network and innovate.