Making Evaluation Meaningful: Transforming the Conversation to Transform Schools

Green, ah greener than emeralds are, tree-tops beckon the dhows to land,
White, oh whiter than diamonds are, blue waves burst on the amber sand,
And nothing is fairer than Zanzibar from the Isles o' the West to the Marquesand.
I was old when the world was wild with youth
(All love was lawless then!)
Since 'Venture's birth from ends of earth
I ha' called the sons of men,
And their women have wept the ages out
In travail sore to know
What lure of opiate art can leach
Along bare seas from reef to beach
Until from port and river reach
The fever'd captains go.
Red, oh redder than red lips are, my flowers nod in the blazing noon,
Blue, oh bluer than maidens' eyes, are the breasts o' my waves in the young monsoon,
And there are cloves to smell, and musk, and lemon trees, and cinnamon.