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.

[Students] are also accustomed to having quick access to information. The idea of "storing" data in their heads can seem pointless. I find that they are also much more interested in learning through problem solving and group collaboration than in the past.

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.

As educators we need to understand that there is no finish line in our work.

Teaching is a very habit-bound endeavor. We're unsettled by the unfamiliar. We're creatures of habit too.

It is not so important to have all the answers as to be hungry for them.

We need teacher educators who regularly spend a great deal of time in classrooms so they have a deep understanding of where they students will teach.