Andy Hargreaves Quotes
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One or two bad teachers is a problem with the teachers. A school with many bad teachers is a problem of leadership.
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Change is easy to propose, hard to implement, and especially hard to sustain.
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Courageous leadership is not fearless leadership. What makes you a leader is how you deal with your fears.
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Don't raise the bar and narrow the gap, but narrow the gap to raise the bar.
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We must use collegiality not to level people down but to bring together their strength and creativity.
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Teachers create and transform energy. They are the dynamos of educational change.
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A successful school has to engage all the people, all the powers, and all the capacities within it.
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Service to others should be one of the most basic purposes of family life and schooling.
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The quality & morale of teachers is absolutely central to the well being of students and their learning.
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All teachers are already leaders. It's in the nature of teaching.
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If one foot is in a bucket of steam, and the other is in a bucket of ice, you are not, on average, comfortable.
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What we want for our students we should want for our teachers: learning, challenge, support, and respect.
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Improvement is about doing something better; innovation is about doing something new.
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Teaching is a never-ending story. The work is never over; the job is never done.