Christopher Edley writes for The Huffington Post: HuffPost Education, Feb. 16, 2016

Education is the key to make opportunity less serendipitous and more systemic for all of us. True educational opportunity is the best path to the promised land where difference is not destiny and dreams are not coded by color or class. But narrowly understood, it is not enough.

Christopher Edley interviewed by EdSource, Sept. 22, 2015

“I am a huge supporter of Common Core. But I have not seen concerted attention to the schools and teachers serving poor kids to make sure they get the extra resources they need to implement the Common Core as effectively as it will be in affluent districts.”

Christopher Edley Jr. quoted in The New York Times, December 9, 2014

“I doubt it’s that important in attracting undergraduates, who come because it has long been ranked the best public university in the world and remains affordable,” said Christopher Edley Jr. … “But once you are here, there are weird ions in the air.”

Christopher Edley re-quoted in San Francisco Chronicle, August 20, 2013

Edley said his “health problems are more than worrisome, but much less than dire…. These developments have reminded me again how short life can be, and, for that reason, I feel an urgency to turn to some other professional goals I will pursue while continuing with you as a faculty colleague. Chief among these will be public education equity and excellence.”

The dean’s comments were also cited in Above the Law, August 21, 2013

Christopher Edley quoted in Accuracy in Academia, April 16, 2013

“There was very little, if any, support—maybe two or three people—for vouchers on the commission,” Christopher Edley, who chaired the congressionally chartered National Commission on Equity and Excellence in Education, said in answer to Stanley’s point…. “Our conclusion was that we don’t think that charter schools are going to lead to reform.”

Christopher Edley, Jr. interviewed by National Public Radio, February 22, 2013

“The schools with high concentrations of poverty also tend to be the schools that have higher costs because of special-needs students, because of English language learners. But they, as well, tend to be the schools that have a disproportionate number of weakly trained teachers. The bottom line, though, is that only about one in five American students is performing at the average level of the handful of leading countries.”

Christopher Edley Jr. quoted in McClatchy Newspapers, February 19, 2013

Commission co-Chairman Christopher Edley Jr., the dean of the law school at the University of California at Berkeley, said the group’s work was a long-term project. Even if nothing happens immediately, he said, it was important to “kick-start a stronger movement” to promote the idea of education equity across the country.

Christopher Edley Jr. quoted in The Washington Post, February 19, 2013

“This is about all levels of government,” said Christopher Edley Jr., dean of the University of California at Berkeley Law School and the commission’s co-chair. “This is a proposed agenda for everyone who’s concerned with the fate of our children and of our public education system.”

Christopher Edley, Jr., cited in Huffington Post, College, January 24, 2013

An influential group of college presidents, civil rights leaders and advocates sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is highlighting what it calls a growing higher education dropout crisis and seeks to fix it in part by linking financial aid with successful graduation…. Members of the coalition include Sandy Baum, a Skidmore economist influential on higher education policy, and Christopher Edley, Jr., dean of University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.

Christopher Edley, Jr. quoted in The Sacramento Bee, January 17, 2013

Christopher Edley, the dean of UC Berkeley’s law school and a central figure in UC’s existing efforts online, suggested UC may not be prepared to fully embrace Brown’s vision. “I’m not sure, governor, that UC—that the University of California system of governance—is up to the challenge of leading on this issue,” Edley said. “Every day we see a couple of news accounts of other institutions that are being bolder and more innovative.”