On being: Arrogance is not the prerogative of the gifted.

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"!

We are not what we might be

As I am both lazy and forgetful, I can't take proper care of too many things. That's why I want to cherish properly the things I love.

I want the stark beauty that a lens can so exactly render presented without interference of artistic effect.

Dreams are like paper, they tear so easily.

I don't have scientific data, but I think plenty of perfectly nice weekends are being given over to the binge craze.

When somebody says to me-which they do like every 5 years- "How does it feel to be over the hill?" my response is, "I'm just heading up the mountain."

In hospitals there is no time off for good behavior.

In this life, if you don't celebrate yourself, nobody will.

I, personally, have found reading a continual support to writing.

Feeling good is what you should be doing every day of your life.