What gets measured (and clearly defined) does get done.

Things get done only if the data we gather can inform and inspire those in a position to make difference.

When we unnecessarily elongate the process of "learning to read, " we postpone "reading to learn" - learning itself - by years.

worksheets - the archenemy of abundant, purposeful reading (and discussion and writing).

Collaboration allows teachers to capture each other's fund of collective intelligence.

The number of books students read...is among the best indicators of student reading development.

In a research-poor context, isolated experience replaces professional knowledge as the dominant influence on how teachers teach.

We must begin where we are and move forward immediately by starting small and capitalizing on what's at hand.

You areBut why?

He was bright, bright, bright, like a lantern above a pub door in November- he made you want to come in and never leave.

We don't go back to wallow, we go back to undo the lies that are back there that are holding its captive from living a wondrous and full life.

The jingling of the guinea helps the hurt that Honor feels.

The situation in the United States is becoming more dire for average ordinary Americans, and the last thing we need to do is to spend money on death, destruction and war.

A woman's health is her capital.

The sky outside the window was changing rapidly from deep, velvety blue to cold, steely gray and then, slowly, to pink shot with gold.

If I continue to just get to the playoffs every year, I guess you could say I arrived, but right now I'm just trying to find my way.

My home has always been show business.

I don't think it's wise to manufacture a painting, just for the sake of working... if the impulse isn't truly there, the painting will lack power.