Students and their families carry more responsibility for student success in the East.

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"!

Every morning, the sun rises with endless possibilities that give you endless opportunities to begin again and to create a brand-new life.

We choose to do things that make us Cry. We don't know Why? We blame the Sky. We do not Try. Oh My! What a way to Die!!!

Be a fairy. Dance like a butterfly.

It is now common knowledge that the average American gains 7 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day.

We must interpret a bad temper as a sign of inferiority.

What doesn't bend, breaks.

I'm totally in control of this tiny, tiny world right there at the typewriter.

Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence.

Just because a suit fits, doesn't mean it looks good. You need a tailor. You want to get bespoke.