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.
Diane RavitchCongress and state legislatures should not tell teachers how to teach, any more than they should tell surgeons how to perform operations.
Diane RavitchCan teachers successfully educate children to think for themselves if teachers are not treated as professionals who think for themselves?
Diane Ravitch