While I’ve Worked On Many

I Think That Every Educator, Indeed Every Human Being, Is Concerned With What Is True And What Is Not; What Experiences To Cherish And Which Ones To Avoid; And How Best To Relate To Other Human Beings. We Differ In How Conscious We Are Of These Questions; How Reflective We Are About Our Own Stances; Whether We Are Aware Of How These Human Virtues Are Threatened By Critiques (philosophical, Cultural) And By Technologies (chiefly The Digital Media). A Good Educator Should Help Us All To Navigate Our Way In This Tangled Web Of Virtues.

If You Enjoy Reading, Writing, Learning, And Sharing What You Have Learned, Don't Hesitate To Look For A Life Where You Can Continue To Do Those Things. It Could Be As A Scientist, An Educator, An Editor, A Journalist, The Founder Of An Organization. You Only Live Once, And It Is A Tragedy If You Deny Yourself These Options Without Trying To Pursue Them.

We've Got To Do Fewer Things In School. The Greatest Enemy Of Understanding Is Coverage... You've Got To Take Enough Time To Get Kids Deeply Involved In Something So They Can Think About It In Lots Of Different Ways And Apply It.

What Is Usually Called 'intelligence' Refers To The Linguistic And Logical Capacities That Are Valued In Certain Kinds Of School And For Certain School-like Tasks. It Leaves Little If Any Room For Spatial Intelligence, Personal Intelligences, Musical Intelligence, Etc.

I’d Rather See The United States As A Beacon Of Good Work And Good Citizenship, Rather Than As #1 On Some International Educational Measurement.