We need teacher educators who regularly spend a great deal of time in classrooms so they have a deep understanding of where they students will teach.

In differentiated classrooms, teachers begin where students are, not the front of a curriculum guide.

Assessment is today's means of modifying tomorrow's instruction.

Teachers craft classrooms that are good matches for their teaching styles as well as for learner needs.

A gifted teacher has an unfailing eye for magical classrooms & loses sleep over anything less than the highest quality.

The central job of schools is to maximize the capacity of each students.

As educators we need to understand that there is no finish line in our work.

It is not so important to have all the answers as to be hungry for them.

Plan to be better today, but don't ever plan to be finished

Interest refers to student’s affinity, curiosity, or passion for a particular topic or skill.

The high stakes test culture runs almost totally counter to what we know about how people learn. It causes us to engage in professional malpractice on a regular basis.

Trust in your own beliefs or succumb to the influence of others’.

One of the greatest gifts in this world is the ability to make others smile. - The Unauthorized Autobiography of Jonathan Fisher

You ask a lot of questions, don't you?" "My brother always says curiosity is my besetting sin.

Man is not by nature a tyrant, but becomes a tyrant by power conferred on him.

Drought brings out the worst in us and it's easy to hate your fellow human beings.

I'm as honest as I can be.

It was possible that I'd thrown one too many Molotov cocktails over God's fence.

Consider God's love for you. Now double it. Now multiply that by 900 trillion. You're still not even close.

I think it is important to maintain your personality, your roots, very important.

Doing a job badly and then getting someone in to sort it out can be much more expensive than getting someone in to do the job properly in the first place.