Carol Ann Tomlinson

As educators we need to understand that there is no finish line in our work.

— Carol Ann Tomlinson

I think [testing] has had a profoundly problematic impact on student learning. It must seem to students that their worth as individuals…

— Carol Ann Tomlinson

It is not so important to have all the answers as to be hungry for them.

— Carol Ann Tomlinson

Readiness is a student’s entry point relative to a particular understanding or skill.

— Carol Ann Tomlinson

We aren't quite sure what we're trying to differentiate, and therefore can't quite see how to do it other than giving some…

— Carol Ann Tomlinson

In the field of education, educators know that they leave a lasting impact on their students for better or for worse. Trust…

— Carol Ann Tomlinson

[Students] often have a "We can figure this out - don't just tell us" attitude. In that way, they can be less…

— Carol Ann Tomlinson

It's important to know how to lead and manage a classroom with flexibility. Students of all ages are quite capable of learning…

— Carol Ann Tomlinson

A teacher in a differentiated classroom does not classify herself as someone who ‘already differentiates instruction.’ Rather that teacher is fully aware…

— Carol Ann Tomlinson

The best educators I have met never stop asking questions. Some of them have taught for forty years and continue to be…

— Carol Ann Tomlinson

We're teaching a generation of students who've been schooled to produce quick, right answers on demand. They are not comfortable with ambiguity.…

— Carol Ann Tomlinson

I have find that today's students are often more tolerant of human variance than students in earlier generations might have been. On…

— Carol Ann Tomlinson

Teachers craft classrooms that are good matches for their teaching styles as well as for learner needs.

— Carol Ann Tomlinson

In differentiated classrooms, teachers begin where students are, not the front of a curriculum guide.

— Carol Ann Tomlinson

We need to develop a robust set of tools - strategies and routines - that help us address student variance. It's easy…

— Carol Ann Tomlinson

Until a teacher learns to use elements like time, space, materials, groupings, and so forth flexibly, it's incredibly difficult to teach students…

— Carol Ann Tomlinson

Interest refers to student’s affinity, curiosity, or passion for a particular topic or skill.

— Carol Ann Tomlinson

We can always gain more depth and breadth in our work [as educators]. There are always new discoveries to be made.

— Carol Ann Tomlinson

We need teacher educators who regularly spend a great deal of time in classrooms so they have a deep understanding of where…

— Carol Ann Tomlinson

Differentiation is simply a teacher attending to the learning needs of a particular student or small groups of students, rather than teaching…

— Carol Ann Tomlinson

Differentiation is classroom practice that looks eyeball to eyeball with the reality that kids differ, and the most effective teachers do whatever…

— Carol Ann Tomlinson

I have little interest in a surgeon who says, "I learned that when I was in medical school. Why should I revisit…

— Carol Ann Tomlinson

Differentiated Instruction is a teaching philosophy based on the premise that teachers should adapt instruction to student differences. Rather than marching students…

— Carol Ann Tomlinson

The central job of schools is to maximize the capacity of each students.

— Carol Ann Tomlinson

The high stakes test culture runs almost totally counter to what we know about how people learn. It causes us to engage…

— Carol Ann Tomlinson