“The research we do at the local level - collaboratively - is what makes formal, outside research work. Outside research cannot be installed like a car part - it has to be fitted, adjusted, and refined for the school contexts we workd in.”

“In a research-poor context,isolated experience replaces professional knowledge as the dominant influence on how teachers teach.”

“Learning, without any opportunities to share what we've learned, is a little like cooking for ourselves; we do it, but we probably won't do it as well.”

“Collaboration allows teachers to capture each other's fund of collective intelligence.”

“We must begin where we are and move forward immediately by starting small and capitalizing on what's at hand.”

“Things get done only if the data we gather can inform and inspire those in a position to make difference.”

“When we unnecessarily elongate the process of "learning to read," we postpone "reading to learn" - learning itself - by years.”