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

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

Going to school is not the same as going shopping. Parents should not be burdened with locating a suitable school for their child. They should be able to take their child to the neighborhood public school as a matter of course and expect that it has well-educated teachers and a sound educational program.

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

An attack on public education is an attack on democracy.

Most people believe that schools were good enough when they were children and that they are good enough now. But the dynamic growth of our system of education has spawned serious problems of educational quality.

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.