Educational reforms are like ripe fruit. They rarely travel well.

One or two bad teachers is a problem with the teachers. A school with many bad teachers is a problem of leadership.

There is no algorithm for creativity.

The quality & morale of teachers is absolutely central to the well being of students and their learning.

We need standards with flexibility, not standardization with force if we are to get the best from our teachers.

High performing organizations have cultures of creativity and risk. They encourage workers to innovate and play.

Teachers create and transform energy. They are the dynamos of educational change.

It's important to be innovative when times are prosperous. It's essential to be innovative when they are not.

Standardized personalization=universal right to meaningful learning. Personalized standardization=flexible access to mandated learning.

The bags that teachers carry home symbolize their guilt about the endless care they have to give.

We must never return to the Julie Andrews curriculum where we teach "a few of my favorite things"!

Socialists and Progressives confuse compassion and compulsion.

Evangelism is not a monologue, but a dialogue.

Broadchurch' is very different, but it's equally as good as 'The Killing' - if not better.

If I'm going to be in the right relationship with God, I should treat the things he has made in the same way he treats them.

Make sure you are passionate about the vision.

Comedy's easy for me now - it's all about timing and the way you deliver lines. I use facial expressions to get the point across.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Of all the affections which attend human life, the love of glory is the most ardent.

Solidarity is not an act of charity, but mutual aid between forces fighting for the same objective.

Rage is essentially vulgar.