We need teacher educators who are hungry to learn about and implement contemporary approaches to teaching and learning in their own classrooms and who are reflective about their work with their students.

A gifted teacher has an unfailing eye for magical classrooms & loses sleep over anything less than the highest quality.

In differentiated classrooms, teachers begin where students are, not the front of a curriculum guide.

We have students at the university say on a regular basis, "You're asking us to think and no one has ever done that in school."

On some level students are essentially the same. They are people with fears and dreams. They laugh and cry over many of the same things. They share an essential humanity as young people always have.hey differ in some significant ways now, too, I believe. They are forced to grapple with complex issues at a much younger age.

Readiness is a student’s entry point relative to a particular understanding or skill.

Differentiated Instruction is a teaching philosophy based on the premise that teachers should adapt instruction to student differences. Rather than marching students through the curriculum lockstep, teachers should modify their instruction to meet students' varying readiness levels, learning preferences, and interests. Therefore, the teacher proactively plans a variety of ways to 'get it' and express learning.