“Students and their families carry more responsibility for student success in the East.”
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Famous Andy Hargreaves Quotes
“Teachers still command great respect in the families and societies of many Asian cultures.”
“If we're all on the same page, no one's reading the whole book.”
“Teachers create and transform energy. They are the dynamos of educational change.”
“Too often, shared visions really mean, "I have a vision; you share it!"”
“Too many professional development initiatives are done to teachers - not for, with or by them.”
“Excellence is the asymptotic state that never quite reaches perfection.”
Source: The Global Fourth Way: The Quest for Educational Excellence
“All teachers are already leaders. It's in the nature of teaching.”
“There is no morality without temptation; otherwise it is just lack of opportunity.”
“Change is easy to propose, hard to implement, and especially hard to sustain.”
“Sustainable leadership does no harm to and actively improves the surrounding environment.”
Source: Sustainable Leadership
“You cannot switch teachers on and off as if they were PowerPoint presentations.”
“As we seek to eliminate individualism in teaching, we should not eradicate individuality with it.”
“Teaching is not the oldest profession. But it is certainly among the loneliest.”
“Human growth is not like rhubarb. It can be nurtured and encouraged but it cannot be forced.”
“On school culture: It's hard to eat something you've had a relationship with.”
“Improvement is about doing something better; innovation is about doing something new.”
“Every solution has a problem.”
Source: Changing Teachers, Changing Times: Teachers' Work and Culture in the Postmodern Age
“Time is the enemy of freedom.”
Source: Changing Teachers, Changing Times: Teachers' Work and Culture in the Postmodern Age
“Culture is the possibility and impossibility that bacon and fruit can appear on the same plate.”