Managers are responsible for setting workplace policies under which teachers can succeed. Managers are responsible for negotiating contracts that create the conditions under which teachers can succeed.

Charity is just writing checks and not being engaged. Philanthropy, to me, is being engaged, not only with your resources but getting people and yourself really involved and doing things that haven't been done before.

I am not a patient person. My friends and colleagues will confirm this. But, frankly, we should all feel a little more impatient with the state of public education in America today.

Philanthropy is activism.

Time is the most valuable thing you have - and I'm not just talking about the minutes for which you're paid.

The best move you can make in negotiation is to think of an incentive the other person hasn't even thought of - and then meet it.

I have always believed that every great city in history needs a vibrant center.