Teachers must be encouraged - I almost said 'freed', to pursue an education that strives for depth of understanding.

You learn at your best when you have something you care about and can get pleasure in being engaged in.

To ask "Where in your brain is intelligence?" is like asking "Where is the voice in the radio?"

Teachers must be encouraged - I almost said 'freed', to pursue an education that strives for depth of understanding.

Young children possess the ability to cut across the customary categories; to appreciate usually undiscerned links among realms, to respond effectively in a parallel manner to events which are usually categorized differently, and to capture these ori

We've got to do fewer things in school. The greatest enemy of understanding is coverage... You've got to take enough time to get kids deeply involved in something so they can think about it in lots of different ways and apply it.

If you are not prepared to resign or be fired for what you believe in, then you are not a worker, let alone a professional. You are a slave.