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

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

An attack on public education is an attack on democracy.

Accountability makes no sense when it undermines the larger goals of education.

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.

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

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