Learning Quotes
- On teacher education: induction into current mandates must not turn into seduction away from best practice. — Andy Hargreaves
- A successful school has to engage all the people, all the powers, and all the capacities within it. — Andy Hargreaves
- Education leaders must have the will at times to release leadership to the teachers the parents and the students. — Andy Hargreaves
- Students are often the last to know about change that is occurring in their own school system. — Andy Hargreaves
- Every learner has special needs. — Andy Hargreaves
- On learning: if you really want alignment, go to a chiropractor. — Andy Hargreaves
- Leadership is often the afterthought of educational change. — Andy Hargreaves
- It is those who have the distinction of privilege who set the standards of disgust with failure. — Andy Hargreaves
- Professional trust is a process, not a state. — Andy Hargreaves
- Lateral trust among colleagues is as important as vertical trust within the hierarchy. — Andy Hargreaves
- 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