We live in worlds that we have forged and composed. It's much more true than any of the species that you see. I mean, it seems to me that one of the most distinctive features of human intelligence is the capacity to imagine, to project out of our own immediate circumstances and to bring to mind things that aren't present here and now.

The answer is not to standardize education, but to personalize and customize it to the needs of each child and community. There is no alternative. There never was.

What we become as our lives evolve depends on the quality of our experiences here and now.

Children are wonderfully confident in their own imaginations. Most of us lose this confidence as we grow up.

The real role of leadership in education ... is not and should not be command and control. The real role of leadership is climate control, creating a climate of possibility.

Human intelligence is richer and more dynamic than we have been led to believe by formal academic education.

In a world where lifelong employment in the same job is a thing of the past, creativity is not a luxury. It is essential for personal security and fulfillment.