Adultism is not always harmful-but it is always real.

It is not enough to simply listen to student voice. Educators have an ethical imperative to do something with students, and that is why meaningful student involvement is vital to school improvement.

Meaningful student involvement is the process of engaging students as partners in every facet of school change for the purpose strengthening their commitment to education, community & democracy.

Like a pet fish unaware of the fishbowl it lives in, each of us inherently discriminates against young people without knowing it.

The outcome of this culture of discrimination is that young people are routinely denied the roles in society they can, should, and need to be occupying.

Dropping out of school is the ultimately caused by discrimination against young people in schools.

Any honest conversation about engaging young people must address discrimination against young people.

Most of society's decision making for young people happens without young people, and that could not happen without adultcentrism.

Young people and adults need equitable relationships-they do not need equal ones.

The pattern of discrimination that allows this discrimination was set in the founding of the United States.

10 square meters of heaven is worth far more than 100 square meters of hell.

When you do the things that you can do, you will find a way.

The secret of a happy life is respect. Respect for yourself and respect for others.

It was strange how your world could shift on its axis and everything you trusted could invert itself in what seemed like no time at all.

We cannot judge of the fact, but the law upon the fact.

Any business plan won't survive its first encounter with reality. The reality will always be different. It will never be the plan.

There's a lot of overconfidence about this bill. We're going to expose it. It will not pass.

This ain't a war... It's a goddam whorehouse.

Goodbyes are not forever Goodbyes aren't final, when You only mean we'll miss you Until we meet again

Failure is a great teacher and, if you are open to it, every mistake has a lesson to offer.