... the kids do what no one expects them to do. That's progress.

You can't motivate a student you don't know.

A good education teaches you how to ask a question. It’s knowing what you don’t know; the skills of critical thought.

Every student, without exception, should be able to succeed well at something consequential.

Things remain the same because it is impossible to change very much without changing most of everything.

I cannot teach a child I do not know

Writing is the litmus paper of thoughtthe very center of schooling.

The schools schedule is a series of units of time; the clock is king.

Hope is like a beautiful flower. If we take great care of our hope, life could be a beautiful garden.

Your spiritual brain is wisdom.

I want something new. I want something I’ve never seen or heard or imagined. I want a spark. I want to be ignited. I want my flesh scorched and imagination set ablaze.

The artist Paul Klee described drawing a picture as taking a line for a walk. I have borrowed his words to explain my approach to writing

One thing I've noticed about politics is that these guys have pretty thick hides.

We have to construct communities of artists because they don't naturally exist in our culture.

A man of learning who makes no use of what he knows, is like a cloud which gives no rain.

I woke up one day and realized I could never be an American.

That's how most men connect - in bed. The physical connection is important because it reinforces the emotional one.

Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.