There's a radical - and wonderful - new idea here... that all children could and should be inventors of their own theories, critics of other people's ideas, analyzers of evidence, and makers of their own personal marks on the world. Its an idea with revolutionary implications. If we take it seriously.

Teaching is mostly listening, and learning is mostly telling.

The only thing they [government] want is better data. But data doesn't tell people someone is well educated. It's a vicious circle. There is some myth involved. Some of this attitude has a long history.

If you define yourself as someone fixing education, there's nothing short-range you can do to fix education directly. It's labor intensive. You have to change the way people act. You have to convince people, and change people.

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

A passion for learning...isn't something you have to inspire with; it's something you have to keep from extinguishing.

If you ask me, taking on risk and being more daring is a real important part of creativity.