When one 'we' gets to determine standards for all 'we's' then some 'we's' are in trouble.

When one 'we' gets to determine standards for all 'we's' then some 'we's' are in trouble.

In order to teach you, I must know you.

If the curriculum we use to teach our children does not connect in positive ways to the culture young people bring to school, it is doomed to failure.

Progressive white teachers seem to say to their black students 'Let me help you find your voice. I promise not to criticize one note as you search for your song'. But the black teachers say 'I've heard your song loud and clear. Now I want to teach you to harmonize with the rest of the world.

Those with power are frequently least aware of -- or least willing to acknowledge -- its existence [and] those with less power are often most aware of its existence.

We do not really see through our eyes or hear through our ears, but through our beliefs.