?In my opinion, I'm not some old fart who wants to defend mediocrity. I am a wise, handsome middle-aged dude who questions whether the change will improve things.'' *
?Michael Goldstein, Founder of MATCH Charter School
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4,935
Number of Wisconsin school district employees who started receiving retirement benefits, up from 2,527 teacher retirements in all of 2010.
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* This quote does not necessarily represent the views of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.