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The point is not to be the best, but to be the best you can be.

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Imagination is the source of every form of human achievement. And it's the one thing that I believe we are systematically jeopardizing in the way we e...more

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The gardener does not make a plant grow. The job of a gardener is to create optimal conditions.

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We have sold ourselves into a fast food model of education, and it's impoverishing our spirit and our energies as much as fast food is depleting our p...more

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Human resources are like natural resources; they're often buried deep. You have to go looking for them, they're not just lying around on the surface. ...more

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Passion is the driver of achievement in all fields. Some people love doing things they don't feel they're good at. That may be because they underestim...more

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We have to go from what is essentially an industrial model of education, a manufacturing model, which is based on linearity and conformity and batchin...more

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Revolutions are defined not only by the ideas that drive them but by the scale of their impact.

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The Element is about discovering your self, and you can't do this if you're trapped in a compulsion to conform. You can't be yourself in a swarm.

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The mistake that many policymakers make is to believe that in education the best way to face the future is by improving what they did in the past. The...more

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The fact is that given the challenges we face, education doesn't need to be reformed -- it needs to be transformed. The key to this transformation is ...more