The day we stop playing will be the day we stop learning.

If you improve education by teaching for competence, eliminating schooling, and connecting with students, the test scores will improve.

If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior. In other words, begin to act the part, as well as you can, of the person you would rather be, the person you most want to become. Gradually, the old, fearful person will fade away.

Education is the process in which we discover that learning adds quality to our lives. Learning must be experienced.

Prior to being allowed to enter the profession, prospective teachers should be asked to talk with a group of friendly students for at least half an hour and be able to engage them in an interesting conversation about any subject the prospective teacher wants to talk about.

Today much of what we call education is merely knowledge gathering and remembering. Problem solving and thinking, never strong parts of our educational system, have been downgraded in all but a few scientific subjects.

We may be up against a stone wall, but we don't have to bloody our heads against it unless we choose to.