"Do we have to have charter schools? We tried, we failed. I don't want to start a race 8 percent behind the other states."
??? Joseph Morton, Alabama state superintendent
"Chiefs Press Education Secretary on ESEA Issues," Education Week (subscription required)
10%
Across the board pay cut that would need to be enacted in Charlotte-Mecklenburg School district to avoid laying off 600 teachers.
"NC's Largest City to Start Laying Off 600 Teachers," Charlotte Observer