I think it is totally wrong and terribly harmful if education is defined as acquiring knowledge.

There is plenty of competition in a Glasser Quality School in that there is winning but no losing.

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.

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

They have this big book called the 'DSM-IV,' you know, that is supposedly written about crazy people, but I think it is a book that is written by crazy people!

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

The Compassionate Classroom is a fabulous book! If teachers will read it, they can transform their classrooms.