???While we have some excellent individual teachers, our students continue to be held back by a lack of quality education and by union leadership that puts their self-interests above the interests of the students.???
???Don Carcieri, Governor of Rhode Island
???Plan to fire all its teachers roils poor RI city,??? The Associated Press
5%
The increase in teacher and administrator salaries in some New York school districts for the 2008-2009 school year.
???Study shows 5 percent hike in NY school salaries,??? The Associated Press