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Teaching is a never-ending story. The work is never over; the job is never done.
On government & unions: the only thing worse than blind trust is blind mistrust.
We fill pre-existing forms and when we fill them we change them and are changed.
In some sense, I'm a romantic. I like the idea of organic history and tradition.
Teachers create and transform energy. They are the dynamos of educational change.
Implementation of technological change must involve critics as well as advocates.
Retailing has gone from an information-scarce to an information-rich environment.
Technology has always been destroying jobs, and it has always been creating jobs.
I will have an administrative system where there is no way to extricate red tape.
Trolling is an ancient problem. It's been around as long as there has been media.
There is no morality without temptation; otherwise it is just lack of opportunity.
A brainscan cannot interpret itself and neither can a data dashboard in education.
It's our landscape which defines our identity and it's what I'm most grateful for.
On assessment: measure what you value instead of valuing only what you can measure.
But no one has yet succeeded in reducing the size or scope of the federal government
Acceptance of race mixture was more developed in Arab culture than in Jewish culture.
Improvement is about doing something better; innovation is about doing something new.
Knowing that language has done so much, we want to believe that it can do everything.
I'm fond of observing how obsession is the most durable form of intellectual capital.
But no one has yet succeeded in reducing the size or scope of the federal government.
Lateral trust among colleagues is as important as vertical trust within the hierarchy.
Teaching is an emotional practice: it activates, colors & expresses people's feelings.
Students and their families carry more responsibility for student success in the East.
When the hoary old question of nature versus nurture comes around, sides form quickly.
You know, the only reason net neutrality is controversial is because it's complicated.
Teachers who believe they can make a real difference in their students lives REALLY do.
High performance leaders know they have to breathe out when they are coming up for air.
Service to others should be one of the most basic purposes of family life and schooling.
What I am proudest of is having a life where work and love are impossible to tell apart.
The word " philosophy " carries unfortunate connotations: impractical, unworldly, weird.
Liberalism demands that people without guns be able to tell people with guns what to do.
My time in the Obama administration turned out to be a deeply disillusioning experience.
Sustainable leadership does no harm to and actively improves the surrounding environment.
I think something that's really understudied and misunderstood is the use of information.
It was a bit of a surprise when I became a Tory MP. My friends said it was a stupid idea.
Teachers still command great respect in the families and societies of many Asian cultures.
In the end [after the 1905 revolution], Russia gained nothing more than a breathing spell.
Teachers who don't pull their weight drag down the profession and their colleagues with it.
When creativity is the goal, schools must have their own platforms to network and innovate.
Democracy is not simply a question of structures. It is a state of mind. It is an activity.
One thing that all the totalitarian states did was make the great leader's face everywhere.
Human growth is not like rhubarb. It can be nurtured and encouraged but it cannot be forced.
In retrospect, all revolutions seem inevitable. Beforehand, all revolutions seem impossible.
Students become good learners when they are in the classes of teachers who are good learners.
Teachers are always emotional: by default if they bore us, and by design when they excite us.
Since there is no telling in advance where it may lead, reflection can be seen as dangerous .
Too many professional development initiatives are done to teachers - not for, with or by them.
Students are often the last to know about change that is occurring in their own school system.
Do not let people put you down. Believe in yourself and stand for yourself and trust yourself.
What most needs explanation is not why some people are criminals, but why most people are not.