When creativity is the goal, schools must have their own platforms to network and innovate.

We should test prudently; not profligately.

On teacher education: induction into current mandates must not turn into seduction away from best practice.

We disagree with the assertion that great teachers can be replaced by online alternatives. The futuristic claim that technology will triumph over teachers ignores all the social and relational dimensions of teaching and learning.

It's time for the US to widen its circle of learning, not to circle its wagons against hostile ideas in education reform.

Teachers create and transform energy. They are the dynamos of educational change.

What we want for our students we should want for our teachers: learning, challenge, support, and respect.