School leaders need to be affirmative, forthright, bold and adventuresome. They ought not to be so worried about preserving our future that we are frightened to have counter opinions. They do not have to agree with everything offered by superordinates.

Leaders should contribute to educational debate in a living ‘two way’ transactional manner. They ought not be people who respond with ‘how high’ when told to jump. often the command to leap comes from those who would not know and who have not been anywhere near schools for eons of time.

Educators need to participate in healthy and robust educational debate, not being weakly acquiescent to the opinions or demands of others.