You can't lead your troops if your troops do not trust you.

Unless the schools provide our children with a vision of human possibility that enlightens and empowers them with knowledge and taste, they will simply play their role in someone else's marketing schemes. Unless they understand deeply the sources of our democracy, they will take it for granted and fail to exercise their rights and responsibilities.

You can't lead your troops if your troops do not trust you.

Can teachers successfully educate children to think for themselves if teachers are not treated as professionals who think for themselves?

Those who can’t teach, pass laws about how to evaluate teachers.

Congress and state legislatures should not tell teachers how to teach, any more than they should tell surgeons how to perform operations.

When you succeed at keeping almost everyone in school, you must figure out ways to educate everyone you keep in school.