?This story shows California is behind the rest of the nation. We do not invest in education the way we need to. We have an emergency?*
?Tom Torlakson, California Superintendent of Public Schools
?Peninsula education leaders react to declaration of fiscal emergency for schools,? San Jose Mercury news
2%
The percent of teachers that are black males in the United States
?The Lesson: Education Secretary Arne Duncan calls for more African American men to seek teaching degrees,? District Chronicles
* This quote does not necessarily represent the views of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.