When you see a great teacher, you are seeing a work of art.

Education is the only billion dollar industry that tolerates abject failure.

Why is it that when we had rotary phones, when we were having folks being crippled by polio, that we were teaching the same way then that we're doing right now?

Build an organization that can tackle the tough things and keep moving.

When I was growing up, kids used to talk about snitching... It never extended as a cultural norm outside of the gangsters.

One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me Superman did not exist. I was like what do you mean he's not real. And she thought I was crying because it’s like Santa Claus is not real and I was crying because there was no one coming with enough power to save us.

You have to be prepared to think outside the box...Stand back and think about what we could do creativity. We've got to do that to push the field forward.