Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is.

Since there will be no one left to talk peace after the next war, it makes good sense to break with tradition and hold the peace conference first.

Unlike the weak, the strong neither give up nor are driven by pain into rash or stupid behavior. They don't like pain any more than anyone else, but they are not willing to settle for short-term relief if it means reducing their options later. They don't rob Peter to pay Paul, they face reality now.

If we had in this room a hundred teachers, good teachers from good schools, and asked them to define the word education, there would be very little general agreement.

We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.

In a Glasser Quality School there is no such thing as a closed book test. Students are told to get out their notes and open their books. There is no such thing as being forbidden to ask the teacher or another student for help.

Too many of us fail to fulfill our needs because we say no rather than yes, yes when we should say no.