Teachers' working conditions are students' learning conditions

What should we think of someone who never admits error, never entertains doubt but adheres unflinchingly to the same ideas all his life, regardless of new evidence? Doubt and skepticism are signs of rationality. When we are too certain of our opinions, we run the risk of ignoring any evidence that conflicts with our views. It is doubt that shows we are still thinking, still willing to reexamine hardened beliefs when confronted with new facts and new evidence.

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

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

Research does not support any part of Race to the Top

An attack on public education is an attack on democracy.

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?