Teachers' working conditions are students' learning conditions

The ladder was there, from the gutter to the university, and for those stalwart enough to ascend it, the schools were a boon and a path out of poverty.

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.

An attack on public education is an attack on democracy.

Research does not support any part of Race to the Top

When you succeed at keeping almost everyone in school, you must figure out ways to educate everyone you keep in school.

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