In a research-poor context, isolated experience replaces professional knowledge as the dominant influence on how teachers teach.

What gets measured (and clearly defined) does get done.

Things get done only if the data we gather can inform and inspire those in a position to make difference.

When we unnecessarily elongate the process of "learning to read, " we postpone "reading to learn" - learning itself - by years.

worksheets - the archenemy of abundant, purposeful reading (and discussion and writing).

Collaboration allows teachers to capture each other's fund of collective intelligence.

The number of books students read...is among the best indicators of student reading development.

We must begin where we are and move forward immediately by starting small and capitalizing on what's at hand.

But if we do not try, the dream will remain a dream.

God gives us life, but the world's landlord is the devil....

All decisions are taken two levels above the highest level of understanding

My mother would read aloud to my father and me in the evening. She read mainly travel books.

I can see you in the kitchen bending over a hot stove, and I can't see the stove

Freedom of navigation through international waterways is critical to the international community and to nations in the region, including Iran.

Becoming human means discovering our fullness and learning to live from it.

I appreciate all my fans, on all occasions, everyday of my life. Its your presence & your loyalty that has given me great strength

There is little peace or comfort in life if we are always anxious as to future events. He that worries himself with the dread of possible contingencies will never be at rest.

These tremendous contradictions in our intellect, in our knowledge, yea, in all the facts of our life face us on all sides.