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."

I have find that today's students are often more tolerant of human variance than students in earlier generations might have been. On the other hand, some of our students need much more interaction with a wide variety of peers so they level of understanding deepens and so they are prepared to live in a world that is only going to get smaller.

The high stakes test culture runs almost totally counter to what we know about how people learn. It causes us to engage in professional malpractice on a regular basis.

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.

The central job of schools is to maximize the capacity of each students.

Assessment is today's means of modifying tomorrow's instruction.

The best educators I have met never stop asking questions. Some of them have taught for forty years and continue to be energized by new possibilities.