[Students] often have a "We can figure this out - don't just tell us" attitude. In that way, they can be less patient with "traditional" approaches to teaching.

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

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

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

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.

When challenge and skills are in balance the activity is its own reward

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