“What happens when a professor is wrong?” he would ask. “When an engineer is wrong, the bridge falls down. When a doctor is wrong, the patient dies. What happens when an English professor is wrong?”
What happens when an educational leader is wrong?
Part of the problem is social-psychological: people in positions of authority have trouble saying, “The truth is I don’t know, but this is the best I can do right now.” They would lose their authority if they told the truth, both in their own eyes and the eyes of others…