In Public Schooling, Social Policy Has Been

The Primary Victims Of Katrina, Those Who Were Given The Least Help By The Government, Those Rescued Last Or Not At All, Were Overwhelmingly People Of Color Largely Hidden From The Mainstream Of Society.

If We Allow Public Funds To Be Used To Support Our Relatively Benign, Morally Grounded Schools, We Will Have To Allow Those Public Funds To Be Used For Any Type Of Private School.

As A Matter Of Record, New York City Spends A Higher Portion Of Its Budget On Instruction And Associated Costs Within The Schools Themselves Than Any Of The Other 100 Largest Districts In The Nation.

In Public Schooling, Social Policy Has Been Turned Back Almost One Hundred Years.

I Have Been Criticized Throughout The Course Of My Career For Placing Too Much Faith In The Reliability Of Children's Narratives; But I Have Almost Always Found That Children Are A Great Deal More Reliable In Telling Us What Actually Goes On In Public School Than Many Of The Adult Experts Who Develop Policies That Shape Their Destinies.