100 Quotes to Teach and Lead By:
key quotes from the collected works of Andy Hargreaves
Quotes 76-100
#76 The Common Curriculum can easily become the karaoke curriculum, where everyone just follows the bouncing ball of the script.
#77 Although everyone wants to change the teacher, it’s time for the agents of educational reform to change themselves.
#78 Teaching is an emotional practice: it activates, colors & expresses people’s feelings.
#79 Teachers are always emotional: by default if they bore us, and by design when they excite us.
#80 We need standards with flexibility, not standardization with force if we are to get the best from our teachers.
#81 We must never return to the Julie Andrews curriculum where we teach "a few of my favorite things"!
#82 High performance leaders capitalize on crises to galvanize the motivation and actions of people in the organization.
#83 High performance leaders create an inspiring future by connecting with a classic and honorable past.
#84 High performance leaders know they have to breathe out when they are coming up for air.
#85 Sustainable leadership does not compromise the future by expanding and accelerating too quickly in the present.
#86 High performing organizations have cultures of creativity and risk. They encourage workers to innovate and play.
#87 Teachers who *believe* they can make a real difference in their students lives REALLY do.
#88 Without optimism & self-belief among teachers, classrooms become wastelands of boredom & routine and schools deserts of lost opportunity.
#89 The quality & morale of teachers is absolutely central to the well being of students and their learning.
#90 Schools cannot shut their gates and leave the outside world on the doorstep.
#91 Service to others should be one of the most basic purposes of family life and schooling.
#92 A first class system of early childhood education is the hallmark of a caring and civilized society.
#93 Students become good learners when they are in the classes of teachers who are good learners.
#94 In healthy individuals, emotions don’t distort rationality, they enhance it!
#95 Implementation of technological change must involve critics as well as advocates.
#96 On government & unions: the only thing worse than blind trust is blind mistrust.
#97 On assessment: measure what you value instead of valuing only what you can measure.
#98 Your most memorable students are in your first classes and your last classes: make your last years the finest of your career.
#99 A brainscan cannot interpret itself and neither can a data dashboard in education.
#100 We learn more from people who are different from us than ones who are the same.
Quotes 1-25 | Quotes 26-50 | Quotes 51-75 | Quotes 76-100
#77 Although everyone wants to change the teacher, it’s time for the agents of educational reform to change themselves.
#78 Teaching is an emotional practice: it activates, colors & expresses people’s feelings.
#79 Teachers are always emotional: by default if they bore us, and by design when they excite us.
#80 We need standards with flexibility, not standardization with force if we are to get the best from our teachers.
#81 We must never return to the Julie Andrews curriculum where we teach "a few of my favorite things"!
#82 High performance leaders capitalize on crises to galvanize the motivation and actions of people in the organization.
#83 High performance leaders create an inspiring future by connecting with a classic and honorable past.
#84 High performance leaders know they have to breathe out when they are coming up for air.
#85 Sustainable leadership does not compromise the future by expanding and accelerating too quickly in the present.
#86 High performing organizations have cultures of creativity and risk. They encourage workers to innovate and play.
#87 Teachers who *believe* they can make a real difference in their students lives REALLY do.
#88 Without optimism & self-belief among teachers, classrooms become wastelands of boredom & routine and schools deserts of lost opportunity.
#89 The quality & morale of teachers is absolutely central to the well being of students and their learning.
#90 Schools cannot shut their gates and leave the outside world on the doorstep.
#91 Service to others should be one of the most basic purposes of family life and schooling.
#92 A first class system of early childhood education is the hallmark of a caring and civilized society.
#93 Students become good learners when they are in the classes of teachers who are good learners.
#94 In healthy individuals, emotions don’t distort rationality, they enhance it!
#95 Implementation of technological change must involve critics as well as advocates.
#96 On government & unions: the only thing worse than blind trust is blind mistrust.
#97 On assessment: measure what you value instead of valuing only what you can measure.
#98 Your most memorable students are in your first classes and your last classes: make your last years the finest of your career.
#99 A brainscan cannot interpret itself and neither can a data dashboard in education.
#100 We learn more from people who are different from us than ones who are the same.
Quotes 1-25 | Quotes 26-50 | Quotes 51-75 | Quotes 76-100