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.

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."

Sometimes educators suffer from the "I already do that" syndrome. In those cases, we feel inadequate if we admit we have a distance to go as learners of our craft.

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

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

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.

I think [testing] has had a profoundly problematic impact on student learning. It must seem to students that their worth as individuals is equivalent to their test score. The stress the high stakes culture has on teachers is also highly negative and must surely impact students in a negative way. It also de-professionalizes teachers because it encourages them to be script readers, followers of rigid schedules, and to disregard the needs of the people they teach in favor of the scripts and schedules.