There are a lot of polls that show that actually Americans have a pretty high opinion of teachers, that Americans think teachers are just about as prestigious as doctors. — Dana Goldstein Copy Share Image
In North Carolina, for example, it takes 15 years to move a teacher's salary from $30,000 to $40,000. So it's really difficult to argue… — Dana Goldstein Copy Share Image
There's a small movement of teacher-led schools across the country. These are schools that don't have a traditional principal, teachers come together and actually… — Dana Goldstein Copy Share Image
I wrote a work of history, I looked at over 500 sources - I spent three-and-a-half years on the project. I think the most… — Dana Goldstein Copy Share Image
Just in general, when we look at our school system, there is so much overlap with our criminal justice system in terms of our… — Dana Goldstein Copy Share Image
I don't think school reform should be motivated by missionary zeal. I think it should be motivated by evidence of what works. I have… — Dana Goldstein Copy Share Image
Younger teachers are definitely more likely to have worked at charter schools as opposed to have just heard of them. Charter schools explicitly look,… — Dana Goldstein Copy Share Image
“In 1899 the Supreme Court ruled in Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education that Augusta, Georgia, had not defied the Constitution by shutting… — Dana Goldstein Copy Share Image
Definitely we see throughout history that American teachers are asked to be very self-abnegating. They're not supposed to be concerned with the conditions of… — Dana Goldstein Copy Share Image
The first generation of school reformers I talk about - nineteenth century education reformer Horace Mann, Catharine Beecher - they are true believers in… — Dana Goldstein Copy Share Image
Younger teachers are definitely more likely to have worked at charter schools as opposed to have just heard of them. Charter schools explicitly look,… — Dana Goldstein Copy Share Image
If you're afraid to talk to the other adults in your school it is definitely throughout history the hallmark of a failing school. When… — Dana Goldstein Copy Share Image
