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

One of the persistent ironies of reform is the impossibility of predicting the full consequences of change.

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

American Education has a long history of infatuation with fads and ill-considered ideas. The current obsession with making our schools work like a business may be the worst of them, for it threatens to destroy public education. Who will Stand up to the tycoons and politicians and tell them so?

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

If charter schools are not more successful on average than the public schools they replace, what is accomplished by demolishing public education? What is the rationale for authorizing for-profit charters or charter management organizations with high-paid executives, since their profits and high salaries are paid by taxpayers' dollars?

We should totally ban for-profit charters. For-profit's first obligation is to its stockholders, not to its children.