i love the way that pedro ne between between equality and equity. equality is as if we dump this whole thing of shoes in front of a hunch of kids and save there you go, equality, everybody has shoes. equity is that the shoes fit. and that's what innovation is. innovation is making those shoes fit for every kid. i think the only way we can do that is by remembering three simple things we already have. we are just not using them well, like my grandmother's idea of the pillowcase and the towel and that's the way we used time and the trust we give each other and that's teachers as coaches. on my campus, my principal made a deal and said if i shift of the schedule, will you teach all of your classes in the morning and then coach in the afternoon? i said sure as long as that coaching does not mean i am one more arm of the testing octopus tentacle. it has been one of the best things i ever did. i was able to work with teachers and shore up those teachers who needed a little bit of work like david. when i started working with him, my principal was ready to