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

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.

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"!

A successful school has to engage all the people, all the powers, and all the capacities within it.

They weren’t like dolls, because dolls had no feelings. Kids had feelings, just not any remotely related to yours.

In addition, I'll be attending women's health expos and medical conferences with the goal to promote dialogue between women and their health-care providers.

What do I have to do to earn and deserve the key relationships that are going to get me where I want to go?

Gossip and rumor are evil; easy to lift up, heavy to carry, and hard to put down again.

i know i'm not clever but i'm always right.

Values can't just be words on a page. To be effective, they must shape action.

It all has to come from inside, though, I guess.

I still like to play games that have a beginning, an end and a story.

If you want to break the rules of grammar, first learn the rules of grammar.

One is unable to notice something because it is always before one's eyes.