?There is not a single school factor that has more of an effect on student learning than teacher quality. It's more important than shrinking class sizes or building state-of-the-art science labs.''*
?Michelle Rhee, Founder & CEO of Students First
?Op-Ed: Making Evaluations Work for Students and Teachers,? Huffington Post
38%
The proportion of schools failing to make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) in 2010 according to a new Center on Education Policy Report
?Proportion of Students Falling Short on AYP Rises, Report Says,? Education Week
* This quote does not necessarily represent the views of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute