Writers are what they write, also what they fail to write.
Deep and sustainable change. . . requires changes in behavior among those who do not welcome the change.
Collaboration, it turns out, is not a gift from the gods but a skill that requires effort and practice.
Behavior precedes belief - that is, most people must engage in a behavior before they accept that it is beneficial; then they see the results, and then they believe that it is the right thing to do. . . . implementation precedes buy-in; it does not follow it.
For teachers, getting annual test scores several months after taking the test and in most cases long after the students have departed for the summer sends a message: Here's the data that would have helped you improve your teaching based on the needs of these students if you would have had it in time, but since it's late and there's nothing you can do about it, we'll just release it to the newspapers so they can editorialize again about how bad our schools are.
In the best classrooms, grades are only one of many types of feedback provided to students.
Vision without implementation is counterproductive.
The abuse of political power is not as important as the loss of lives. Plus there is a process for curing the abuse of institutions.
Because maybe, the best of times were yet to come. You never knew.
Political Correctness doesn't change us, it shuts us up.
When you do enough research, the story almost writes itself. Lines of development spring loose and you'll have choices galore.