Lateral trust among colleagues is as important as vertical trust within the hierarchy.

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"!

In some way, everyone is your son or daughter, so without judging them, love everyone.

Men. You can't live with them, you can't... no. That's about it.

I'm not telling you it is going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.

Ill always be a Backstreet Boy.

Gina always believed there was magic in the world. "But it doesn't work in the way it does in fairy tales," she told me. "It doesn't save us. We have to save ourselves.

Comedians are a much rarer and far more valuable commodity than all the gold and precious stones in the world.

It's okay, Ig." said Fang. "Just give it your best shot." Sometimes the Fangster is incredibly supportive, just not with me.

i'm sure i'm worth a lot more dead than alive

You can't base your life on other people's expectations.

Transformation is not automatic. It must be learned; it must be led.