Going to school is not the same as going shopping. Parents should not be burdened with locating a suitable school for their child. They should be able to take their child to the neighborhood public school as a matter of course and expect that it has well-educated teachers and a sound educational program.

Research does not support any part of Race to the Top

Sometimes the most brilliant and intelligent minds do not shine in standardized tests because they do not have standardized minds.

In DC, policymakers think that if we can only have high enough standards, tough enough tests, and hold people accountable, we can close the achievement gap. And it hasn't happened. Yet the new law, the Every Student Succeeds Act, is based on the same test-based and market-driven framework and ideology, except it lets the states do it.

We will continue to chase rainbows unless we recognize that they are rainbows and there is no pot of gold at the end of them

Can teachers successfully educate children to think for themselves if teachers are not treated as professionals who think for themselves?

Testing is not a substitute for curriculum and instruction. Good education cannot be achieved by a strategy of testing children, shaming educators, and closing schools.