The economists who have put the spotlight on teacher quality are the ones who most misunderstand it.

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"!

I don't understand how I can always want to sleep, hate waking up, and yet be afraid of death.

Water was something he loved, something he respected. He understood its beauty and its dangers. He talked about swimming as if it were a way of life.

Be courteous to all but intimate with few and let those few be well-tried before you give them your confidence.

That's just globalization. It's got good sides as well. But scenes aren't allowed to develop on their own anymore. Everyone knows about everything.

Life is a continual process of arrival into who we are.

I am pretty interested in hybrid forms. I love graphic novels and I think there should be more graphic poems in the world.

Some guys leave a place after a long time, and they're bitter. Not me.

Condemned and executioner with aren't coupled in a primitive rite.

I am actually a terrible coward. Fear is a constant fact of my life.

Final cut is overrated. Only fools keep insisting on always having the final word. The wise swallow their pride in order to get to the best possible cut.