"If we are to train future teachers, principals, and education researchers, we must recognize how schools perpetuate and disrupt systems of inequality."

"[A]s parents, educators, and others debate the role of standardized tests, it's important to assess whether test-based accountability holds up in the face of a growing number of opt-outs."

"Neither the arts nor the sciences have a monopoly on teaching creativity, collaboration, or problem-solving skills."

"Poor children need access to the same types of experiences affluent children enjoy.”

“What are the defining characteristics of a school that is fully engaged in partnerships with families?”

"Whether textbook publishers will help, hinder, or neutralize [the] effort [to implement the common core] is an open question."

"It is possible to challenge the status quo while honoring good teachers and defending public education.”

“We have a huge disconnect in this country: State and federal policymakers think they are innovating, but they are not partnering with or supporting the efforts of the most innovative districts in our country.”

"Now is an ideal time for educators to redefine the concept of tenure. We have an opportunity to make tenure describe achievement."

“My highest priority is to design lessons that enable my kids to think critically and to give them the skills they will need to live productive lives. I want my students to grow up to be problem-solvers, not test-takers. I want them to be innovators, not automatons.”

“Some kids who have been told they aren’t valuable, or that their skills don’t cut it, become dropouts and “losers” who must forge their own way to psychological and spiritual fulfillment, often by questioning the processes through which society assigns value to individuals.”

“Those who do well in the education market focus on essential aspects of public engagement.”