The NAS’s Peter Wood is embarking on an ambitious writing project to hone a policy agenda for the reform of U.S. educational institutions across the board. His purpose is to wrest these institutions from those he calls “transformationists,” who reject who we are as a nation and seek to fundamentally change America. Take a look at Wood’s “Ten Basic Principles” of reform, which he intends to amplify in the future and offer to politicians with an open mind about ameliorating American education.