This is something that Randi Weingarten said to me when I interviewed her once, which I think I quote in chapter nine. She talks about how only 7 percent of private sector workers in the American economy are in unions.… — Dana Goldstein Copy Share Image
The question is rarely asked, "Why is it that so few other Americans have these protections?" The question is more often asked, "Why do teachers have it so easy?" — 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
