Learning Quotes
- Strong professional communities risk and sometimes relish conflict. — Andy Hargreaves
- Blame and betrayal are the emotional enemies of improvement. — Andy Hargreaves
- We must never return to the Julie Andrews curriculum where we teach "a few of my favorite things"! — Andy Hargreaves
- High performance leaders capitalize on crises to galvanize the motivation and actions of people in the organization. — Andy Hargreaves
- High performance leaders create an inspiring future by connecting with a classic and honorable past. — Andy Hargreaves
- High performance leaders know they have to breathe out when they are coming up for air. — Andy Hargreaves
- Sustainable leadership does not compromise the future by expanding and accelerating too quickly in the present. — Andy Hargreaves
- High performing organizations have cultures of creativity and risk. They encourage workers to innovate and play. — Andy Hargreaves
- Teachers who believe they can make a real difference in their students lives REALLY do. — Andy Hargreaves
- Without optimism & self-belief among teachers, classrooms become wastelands of boredom & routine and schools deserts of lost opportunity. — Andy Hargreaves
- The quality & morale of teachers is absolutely central to the well being of students and their learning. — Andy Hargreaves
- Schools cannot shut their gates and leave the outside world on the doorstep. — Andy Hargreaves
- Service to others should be one of the most basic purposes of family life and schooling. — Andy Hargreaves
- A first class system of early childhood education is the hallmark of a caring and civilized society. — Andy Hargreaves
- Students become good learners when they are in the classes of teachers who are good learners. — Andy Hargreaves
- In healthy individuals, emotions don't distort rationality, they enhance it! — Andy Hargreaves
- Implementation of technological change must involve critics as well as advocates. — Andy Hargreaves
- On government & unions: the only thing worse than blind trust is blind mistrust. — Andy Hargreaves
- On assessment: measure what you value instead of valuing only what you can measure. — Andy Hargreaves
- Your most memorable students are in your first classes and your last classes: make your last years the finest of your career. — Andy Hargreaves