We will not achieve high performance in education if we replace teachers with machines or turn teachers into machines.

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"!

One cannot use the life to interpret the work. But One can use the work to interpret the life.

Almighty God thy will be done in my life as it is in Heaven, in Jesus Christ name. Amen.

You don’t have to prove something to feel it, to know it exists.

A paradigm shift of viewing palliative care or hospice as a gift instead of seeing it as giving up has the potential to change the way we experience advanced age.

Being in a hurry is the father of stress and worry.

Everyday I strive to, at least, recognise my short-comings and the things I have to do to be the best person that I can possibly be.

The first inkling my husband had that I was thinking about suicide was when he checked my blog.

I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I have by reading novels.

Learn to say no in situations where saying no can be difficult, where it could mean getting fired. Say no anyway, because it could lead you to greater opportunities.

I literally change on the shop floor. I just stand there in my knickers sometimes.