Without optimism & self-belief among teachers, classrooms become wastelands of boredom & routine and schools deserts of lost opportunity. — Andy Hargreaves Copy Share Image
A successful school has to engage all the people, all the powers, and all the capacities within it. — Andy Hargreaves Copy Share Image
One or two bad teachers is a problem with the teachers. A school with many bad teachers is a problem of leadership. — Andy Hargreaves Copy Share Image
Students are often the last to know about change that is occurring in their own school system. — Andy Hargreaves Copy Share Image
It is not the time to put school districts up for auction. Now is the time to galvanize them into action. — Andy Hargreaves Copy Share Image
In high performing countries, principals are working with highly qualified teachers who come from the top tiers of the graduation range, who… — Andy Hargreaves Copy Share Image
On school culture: It's hard to eat something you've had a relationship with. — Andy Hargreaves Copy Share Image
Schools cannot shut their gates and leave the outside world on the doorstep. — Andy Hargreaves Copy Share Image
Schools that cannot tolerate interesting & enthusiastic eccentrics who work better alone than together are devoid of flexibility & spirit — Andy Hargreaves Copy Share Image
When creativity is the goal, schools must have their own platforms to network and innovate. — Andy Hargreaves Copy Share Image
Alberta funds almost all its schools and districts to design and evaluate their own innovations. Teachers are the drivers of change, not… — Andy Hargreaves Copy Share Image
In Finland, within very broad government guidelines, teachers create their own curricula together across schools in every community and district. They don't… — Andy Hargreaves Copy Share Image
It is not the time to put school districts up for auction. Now is the time to galvanize them into action. — Andy Hargreaves Copy Share Image
Too often, shared visions really mean, "I have a vision; you share it!" — Andy Hargreaves Copy Share Image
Courageous leadership is not fearless leadership. What makes you a leader is how you deal with your fears. — Andy Hargreaves Copy Share Image
Leadership is the cigarette that's smoked once the change has been consummated. — Andy Hargreaves Copy Share Image
Too many professional development initiatives are done to teachers - not for, with or by them. — Andy Hargreaves Copy Share Image
Teaching is a never-ending story. The work is never over; the job is never done. — Andy Hargreaves Copy Share Image
It's time for the US to widen its circle of learning, not to circle its wagons against hostile ideas in education reform. — Andy Hargreaves Copy Share Image
Teaching is not the oldest profession. But it is certainly among the loneliest. — Andy Hargreaves Copy Share Image
