Quotes by Michael Casserly

“People understand more and more how critical it is to be well educated if youre going to thrive in the emerging economy.”

“Its possible that its nothing but a prank, but also possible that its more emblematic of a larger problem that the citys high schools are having. Who knows what the motive and thinking of the individuals involved in the spill might be? But its impossible for me to think that students havent noticed the quality of education they are receiving and the conditions of the buildings where they are expected to learn and are not frustrated by what they see.”

“The news here for us is the progress, the trend line, the strong upward tilt of the numbers.”

“Many boards are asking superintendents to be messiahs.”

“Its not realistic that any superintendent could turn around some of these systems within two years.”

“Wherever the powers that be set these bars, were going to meet and exceed them.”

“The system actually has a lot of the tools it needs to accelerate student achievement. Its just a lot of them dont fit together well.”