If we're going to see sustainable results from all the other investments we're making in education, we need to build leadership capacity in each and every country.

Inexperience is an asset. Embrace it.

The idea that computers can ever replace teachers and schools reveals a deep lack of understanding about the role leadership plays in student success.

Effective teacher support in my mind is the same thing as effective management. Our teachers need strong management, just like anyone in any profession.

If we freed up all the money in the certification process, think about how much more money we'd have to put into teacher salaries.

Technology has enormous potential to address educational needs more efficiently, help teachers improve their performance, and enrich and individualize student learning.

Fostering the leadership necessary for transformational outcomes in education is hard work, and in countries around the world, there is a constant search for easier solutions.

Teach For America is working hard to be one significant source of the leadership we need.

I think the way to understand Teach for America is as a leadership development program.

The mission that unites all of the programs of the Teach For All global network is that of cultivating the leadership capacity critical to ultimately ensuring educational opportunity for all.

School boards can be a steppingstone to higher forms of political leadership.

Believe in your character. Animate (or write) with sincerity.

Have you ever started to wave at someone and then realized they weren’t really waving at you, so you abort and go for a head scratch instead? That’s how I felt.

I know of only two alternatives to hypocrisy: perfection or honesty.

Sweat makes good friendship cement.

No matter what we are, and what we sing, Time finds a withered leaf in every laurel

I'm a great believer in stunt doubles. They do an amazing job.

I should have been glad to acquire some sort of idea of Hindu theology, ... but the difficulties were too great.

For better or worse, I take my acting seriously. I may not have been in the best movies ever made, but I take it deathly serious, and I love being an actor.

Be a life long student, read as many books as possible.

I don't think I'm boring.