?This current effort to portray teachers as fat cats, feeding at the public trough with no concern for their students, has got to stop. So, too, must the effort to spin research on the importance of quality teachers to suggest that quality teachers are the only thing that matters.'' *
?Kati Haycock, President, The Education Trust
?Teachers Deserve More Than a Week,? Huffington Post
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The per-student spending cut approved by the Michigan House
?Michigan House approves school funding cuts,? The Associated Press
* This quote does not necessarily represent the views of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute