You can't lead your troops if your troops do not trust you.

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.

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.

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

Testing children until they cry is a bad idea. It is an educational malpractice.

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

When you succeed at keeping almost everyone in school, you must figure out ways to educate everyone you keep in school.