?It's been that way since elementary school. We behave better when the teacher looks like us.''*
?New York City public school student
?Would you become a teacher?? ?No way.? Gotham Schools
90%
Percentage of Texas' merit-pay program that will be cut from the new budget.
Nation's Largest Merit Pay Program Loses Out to Budget Dallas Morning News
* This quote does not necessarily represent the views of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute