The foundations demand that public schools and teachers be held accountable for performance, but they themselves are accountable to no one. If their plans fail, no sanctions are levied against them. They are bastions of unaccountability.

Those who can’t teach, pass laws about how to evaluate teachers.

The ladder was there, from the gutter to the university, and for those stalwart enough to ascend it, the schools were a boon and a path out of poverty.

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

The greatest obstacle to those who hope to reform American education is complacency.

Without knowledge and understanding, one tends to become a passive spectator rather than an active participant in the great decisions of our time.

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.