- “The lines between home and school are continuing to blur with more expections for schools to exercise authority in areas perivously reserved for parents.” ~ Max Riley, Superintendent, New Jersey’s Randolph School District
- “We’ve failed to acknowledge how difficult reading is for many kids. And the way reading is taught in school is problematic. Why would you want to read? So you can answer more questions on a test? Or read the textbooks, which, for the most part, were pretty dull?” ~ Jon Scieszka, USA’s first ambassador for young people’s literature
- “The loss of the arts [because of NCLB’s focus on standardized test scores] and all that is learned through participation in the arts severely limits the kinds of skills and capacities children develp in school. In a word, students are learning less and what they are learning is only part of what is needed to build a strong workforce and vibrant citizenry.” ~ Stephanie Perrin, head of the Walnut School, one of America’s oldest secondary schools for the arts.
- “Too many policymakers and educational leaders are focuesed on the tests rather than what is really important: whether students are learning what they need to know.” ~ Robert Jones, president, Education and Workforce Policy
- “We need to invent new forms of accountability that look at such issues as global knowledge and self-direction and intercultural competence, not just at critical thinking and communication skills.” ~ Carol Geary Schneider, president, Associationm of American Colleges and Universities
