Plan to be better today, but don't ever plan to be finished

In differentiated classrooms, teachers begin where students are, not the front of a curriculum guide.

Assessment is today's means of modifying tomorrow's instruction.

Teachers craft classrooms that are good matches for their teaching styles as well as for learner needs.

A gifted teacher has an unfailing eye for magical classrooms & loses sleep over anything less than the highest quality.

The central job of schools is to maximize the capacity of each students.

As educators we need to understand that there is no finish line in our work.

It is not so important to have all the answers as to be hungry for them.

Interest refers to student’s affinity, curiosity, or passion for a particular topic or skill.

The high stakes test culture runs almost totally counter to what we know about how people learn. It causes us to engage in professional malpractice on a regular basis.

Readiness is a student’s entry point relative to a particular understanding or skill.

Literature that awakens and inflames feelings is the food of hearts.

It is the honey which makes us cruel enough to ignore the death of a bee

The fact is, we sometimes read Scripture, thinking of what it ought to say, rather than what it does say.

I think most people don't react well to being screamed at. It's counterproductive.

This is a youth-oriented society, and the joke is on them because youth is a disease from which we all recover.

Hatred is the air I breathe. It permeates every cell in my body.

God's love for me is perfect because it's based on Him not on me. So even when I failed He kept loving me.

When I was 18, I'd be out four nights a week - I want to have that energy again but I've found I'm a bit old and ready for retirement.

Nothing in the past is as powerful as what we choose to do in the present moment.

I'd rather die standing than live on my knees.