“Throw away the standardized tests and go out and do something” – USA

Nick Tobier gives students the permission and confidence to believe they are creative beings.

“In our state and nation, partisanship and the misapplication of market models to K-12 schooling distracts attention from the essential work of building the capacity of teachers and allowing them to perform.” – USA

Our system “stifles creative problem-solving, impedes new providers, and has yielded a culture of timidity and compliance among too many school and system leaders” – USA

“Kids don’t vote, and parents often don’t have the educations they deserve and don’t know how to change things, so the caretaking of our future is left to the teachers and administrators.” – USA

“Social skills with serve young children throughout life more effectively than having learned to add, read and spell before the age of 5-years old. It is an essential part of all education”- USA

“Collaboration is our biggest mission”