Only secretly rebellious teachers have ever done right by our least advantaged kids.

Teaching is listening, learning is talking

It's the curiosity that drives me. It's making a difference in the world that prevents me from ever giving up.

Teaching is mostly listening, and learning is mostly telling.

Some people thought that if you put pressure on kids, parents, and teachers and schools, the pressure alone would produce results. It appealed to people who think the quick fix for education is to threaten people. It's not a left-right division.

The art of good teaching begins when we can answer the questions our students are really trying to ask us, if only they knew how to do so.

Good schools, like good societies and good families, celebrate and cherish diversity.