Communication is the key. Individuals who are best able to communicate in a particular situation are successful. As a social philosophy, this position might seem right. Social constructs are quite difficult to establish when people are unable to talk to each other. This thought, however, is firmly connected to a rather broad assumption. It must be assumed that people who communicate best are actually contributing something important to a discourse. In other words, strong communicators must identify with the individuals who have the best ideas. We know this hypothesis is false. The people with the best understanding of a topic are usually not the best at communicating it. Strangely enough, we realize that there are several reasons for this. Language differences among those in social situations account for a huge amount of communication problems between people. Learning disabilities also represent a huge level of communication problems. Each group of civilized people, therefore, must decide what matters most to them. Is this communication skill more important? Or does creating the best ideas matter more? I, for example, place greater value on ideas. This position is the result of my personal belief that the best ideas are the offspring of true learning. More importantly, I recognize that this position forces me, as an educator, to support the transformation of teaching practices in two ways. First, teaching must be organized to move students from lives in which they consume information to existences in which they produce new thought. Next, teaching must support each student's ability to communicate to ever-wider audiences. These transformation methods clearly align with… the center of the paper… information to produce new knowledge. In short, these individuals understood the information better because they could use it. And this fact strengthened their confidence that they have in-depth knowledge of the topic. They just couldn't communicate it. As Richard Elmore said, “It is difficult for people to collaborate when they don't have a common experience or a common language.” It is impractical in today's cosmopolitan communities to expect people to unite around a single language. But we are all united around the experience of understanding something in a high way but being misunderstood when we try to explain it. As a group, we could transform American education if we can convince our fellow citizens that by using differentiation as an educational strategy, we can help them find their voice and help them support their children in finding their voice too..