When my colleague disagreed with me my ego took over. I missed a great opportunity to learn and grow.

Follow @jonHarper70bd @rickhess99 @bamradionetworkFrederick "Rick" M. Hess is resident scholar and director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute. He has authored influential books on education including The Same Thing Over and Over, Education Unbound, Common Sense School Reform, Revolution at the Margins, and Spinning Wheels, and pens the Education Week blog “Rick Hess Straight Up.”