A poem is the perfect place to celebrate imperfection and exult in the ways you fall short of being the person you want to be.

You want to know what I make? I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could. I can make a C+ feel like a Congressional Medal of Honor, and I can make a...

I have a policy about honesty and ass-kicking, which is, if you ask for it, then I have to let you have it.

The only thing that surprises me is the characterization of teachers as lazy and greedy. Only someone with very little understanding of what teaching requires would say such a thing.

Education is the miracle; I'm just the worker.

Great teachers will never be able to make up for bad parents, nor should they be expected to.

The best teachers that I had were always the ones I never wanted to disappoint.