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.

Without pay, no human being will work up to their ability if he or she is not cared for and respected.

Every single major push in education has made it worse and right now it's really bad because everything we've done is de-humanizing education. It's destroying the possibility of the teacher and the student having a warm, friendly, intellectual relationship.

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.

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

To counter the avoidance of intellectual challenge and responsibility, we must reduce the domination of certainty in education.

No human being will work hard at anything unless they believe that they are working for competence.