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

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

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

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.

Congress and state legislatures should not tell teachers how to teach, any more than they should tell surgeons how to perform operations.

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

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