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?

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

An attack on public education is an attack on democracy.

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

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

Unless the schools provide our children with a vision of human possibility that enlightens and empowers them with knowledge and taste, they will simply play their role in someone else's marketing schemes. Unless they understand deeply the sources of our democracy, they will take it for granted and fail to exercise their rights and responsibilities.

Research does not support any part of Race to the Top