Racial segregation has come back to public education with a vengeance.

Childhood is not merely basic training for utilitarian adulthood. It should have some claims upon our mercy, not for its future value to the economic interests of competitive societies but for its present value as a perishable piece of life itself.

The cause of homelessness is lack of housing.

The answers I remember longest are the ones that answer questions that I didn't think of asking.

By far the most important factor in the success or failure of any school, far more important than tests or standards or business-model methods of accountability, is simply attracting the best-educated, most exciting young people into urban schools and keeping them there.

I am opposed to the use of public funds for private education.

Wonderful teachers should never let themselves be drill sergeants for the state.