“If you attempt to implement reforms but fail to engage the culture of a school, nothing will change.” IfsSchoolCultureFailingReform Author:Seymour Sarason
“Salvation for our educational ills... will have to come from within an educational community willing to say we have met the enemy and it is us.” SchoolCommunityEnemyWillingMetsSalvationEducationalFormal Education Author:Seymour Sarason
“Let's face it: Serious self-scrutiny has not been one of our notable characteristics. We are far more aware of what we want to change in others than we are of how we need to change. Salvation for our educational ills is only secondarily "out there." Primarily it will have to come from within an educational community willing to say that we have met the enemy and it is us.” WantNeedsSelfFacesCommunityEnemyWillingSeriousMetsDiscoverySalvationEducationalCharacteristicsNotableScrutinyEpiphanyNeed A Change Author:Seymour Sarason
“There's an assumption that schools are for students' learning. Well, why aren't they just as much for teachers' learning?” WellsSchoolTeacherStudentsAssumptionStudent Learning Author:Seymour Sarason
