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

Sometimes the most brilliant and intelligent minds do not shine in standardized tests because they do not have standardized minds.

You can't lead your troops if your troops do not trust you.

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

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

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

If charter schools are not more successful on average than the public schools they replace, what is accomplished by demolishing public education? What is the rationale for authorizing for-profit charters or charter management organizations with high-paid executives, since their profits and high salaries are paid by taxpayers' dollars?