On data: We are the drivers, not the driven.

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"!

Don't just listen to a good Advice, but also take it.

Women are delicate creatures at the best of times moved by desires unknown to the men who place trust in them.

The world and it's people are my church".~R. Alan Woods [1996]

If this is dying, I don't think much of it.

There are many machines throughout history that were built to do something better than a human can.

A horrible night might be hidden in a beautiful morning!

When a religion or ideology becomes dominant, the lack of controls will result in widening spirals of license leading to degradation and corruption.

The peak of a career can only last so long. You go up and you try to maintain it. But, it can only last so long and then you're going to go down.

If we can't export the scenery, we'll import the tourists.