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

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.

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.

Those who can’t teach, pass laws about how to evaluate teachers.

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.

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

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