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We learn more from people who are different from us than ones who are the same.

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On government & unions: the only thing worse than blind trust is blind mistrust.
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High performance leaders capitalize on crises to galvanize the motivation and actions of people in the organization.
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There is a new science of complexity which says that the link between cause and effect is increasingly difficult to trace that change (planned or otherwise) unfolds in non-linear ways that paradoxes and contradictions abound and that creative solutions arise out of diversity, uncertainty and chaos.
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If one foot is in a bucket of steam, and the other is in a bucket of ice, you are not, on average, comfortable.
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On data: We are the drivers, not the driven.
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We need standards with flexibility, not standardization with force if we are to get the best from our teachers.
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When the purge of teacher individualism is unrestrained, eccentricity, initiative and individuality become the casualties.
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We disagree with the assertion that great teachers can be replaced by online alternatives. The futuristic claim that technology will triumph over teachers ignores all the social and relational dimensions of teaching and learning.
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The economists who have put the spotlight on teacher quality are the ones who most misunderstand it.
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If we're all on the same page, no one's reading the whole book.
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Too many professional development initiatives are done to teachers - not for, with or by them.
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Lateral trust among colleagues is as important as vertical trust within the hierarchy.
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In Finland, within very broad government guidelines, teachers create their own curricula together across schools in every community and district. They don't confine collaboration to their own individual schools and to just implementing other people's ideas.
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We should test prudently not profligately.
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Change is easy to propose, hard to implement, and especially hard to sustain.
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Service to others should be one of the most basic purposes of family life and schooling.
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On learning: if you really want alignment, go to a chiropractor.
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Blame and betrayal are the emotional enemies of improvement.
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Improvement is about doing something better innovation is about doing something new.
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Teachers who believe they can make a real difference in their students lives REALLY do.
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