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.

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

We aren't quite sure what we're trying to differentiate, and therefore can't quite see how to do it other than giving some students more to cover and some less. That rarely works.

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.

It's important to know how to lead and manage a classroom with flexibility. Students of all ages are quite capable of learning these routines and contributing to their success once the teacher is comfortable guiding students in that direction.

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 need to understand where are students are at any point during a unit - in other words, what each student actually knows, understands, and can do at a given time based on the content goals we've established.