"[5] A 2008 Brookings Institution document, the Brown Center Report on American Education led by Tom Loveless, found "that the nation's push to challenge more students by placing them in advanced math classes in eighth grade has had unintended and damaging consequences, as some 120,000 middle-schoolers are now struggling in advanced classes for which they are woefully unprepared".
[6] Burris objected to the Loveless report's conclusion: "A brief overview of the experience with eighth-grade algebra for all in the district where the reviewer works yields findings consistent with the report's call for better math preparation but inconsistent with its call for fewer to take algebra in eighth grade.
"[7] Burris offered "a brief overview of a research study of a successful program in which all students, including low achievers, take algebra in eighth grade".
"[8] Burris wrote an open letter in 2011 to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, describing the punitive teacher evaluation policies tied to standardized testing in effect in New York.
"[11] Burris resigned as the principal at South Side, concluding, "I cannot be part of reforms that eat away at the moral fabric of our schools..."[1] In August 2015, she became Executive director of the Network for Public Education.
[4] Burris has consistently criticized charter schools, and supported "more accountability and transparency that should be required for any taxpayer-funded programs".