Schools Can Again Be What They Once Were - WSJ.com:
"Your Nov. 17 editorial 'The Edsel of Education Reform' on America's public schools is right to say that there has been a valuable generation of innovation in our schools. Charter schools and smart reforms by public schools have contributed to a new set of approaches for achieving great education for our children. We've learned that all our schools—public, charter and private—need four basics in order to succeed: outstanding teaching, sufficient and well-designed learning time, money to pay for for that time, and strong accountability to make sure both money and time are used well and that our children are getting ahead."
"Your Nov. 17 editorial 'The Edsel of Education Reform' on America's public schools is right to say that there has been a valuable generation of innovation in our schools. Charter schools and smart reforms by public schools have contributed to a new set of approaches for achieving great education for our children. We've learned that all our schools—public, charter and private—need four basics in order to succeed: outstanding teaching, sufficient and well-designed learning time, money to pay for for that time, and strong accountability to make sure both money and time are used well and that our children are getting ahead."