There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison.

We can teach a lot of things, but if the teacher can't relate by talking to a group of friendly students, he'll never be a competent teacher.

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.

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.

To focus on discipline is to ignore the real problem: We will never be able to get students (or anyone else) to be in good order if, day after day, we try to force them to do what they do not find satisfying.

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

When we label anyone 'bad', we will have more trouble dealing with him than if we could have settled for a lesser label.