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

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

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.

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.

We are all carriers of our own stories. We have never trusted our own voices. Reforms came, but we don't make them. They were presented by people removed from schools, by 'experts'. Such changes bi passes school. School by school changes, however slow, could make a powerful difference.

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