Diane Ravitch

"Money should never determine the quality of a child's education."

"Fear of the unknown is overcome through education and understanding."

"Power used wisely serves justice and the common good."

"Nature teaches us lessons about interdependence and sustainability."

"The happiness that comes from learning lasts a lifetime."

"Education is not a consumer good. It is a public good."

"Testing has become a substitute for actual teaching and learning."

"We must reclaim our schools from those who would turn them into test-preparation factories."

"The purpose of education is to create thoughtful, caring, engaged citizens."

"When we reduce education to test scores, we diminish the very thing we are trying to measure."

"History teaches us that privatization of public goods rarely serves the public interest."

"Teaching is not a profession for those seeking quick profits or easy answers."

"The standardized testing movement has narrowed the curriculum and weakened American education."

"Democracy requires an educated citizenry. Without it, we are vulnerable to demagoguery."

"Good teachers understand that education is about more than measurable outcomes."

"We should judge the quality of a school by the character of its graduates, not their test scores."

"Educational reform without adequate funding is a contradiction in terms."

"The great teachers are those who inspire students to think for themselves."

"When we over-test our children, we steal from them the joy of learning."

"Public education has been undermined by a market-based ideology that treats children as economic units."

"A free society depends on public institutions that serve everyone, not just the wealthy."

"Teaching requires heart, not just technique."

"The corporate takeover of education has harmed students and impoverished the teaching profession."

"We must resist the reduction of education to workforce preparation."

"Real education opens minds, not just fills them with facts."

"School choice has created a two-tiered system that benefits the privileged and abandons the poor."

"Teachers deserve respect, adequate pay, and professional autonomy."

"The most important things we learn in school cannot be tested."

"Educational policy should be made by educators, not politicians or corporations."

"A robust public education system is the foundation of democracy."