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

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

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

There is something fundamentally antidemocratic about relinquishing control of the public education policy agenda to private foundations run by society's wealthiest people; when the wealthiest of these foundations are joined in common purpose, they represent an unusually powerful force that is beyond the reach of democratic institutions.

Privatizing our public schools makes as much sense as privatizing the fire department or or the police department

What is happening to teachers now across this nation is a disgrace. The attacks on them are a blot on our nation. Teachers and students are not different interest groups. Anyone who demeans teachers demeans education and hurts children.

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.