Quotable:
"Everybody's using the [budget] numbers now to their own benefit, so they can blame somebody else for these teacher firings...My job is to make sure the city balances its budget. You can just blame Jack Evans."
-D.C. Council member Jack ??Evans (D-Ward 2)
Washington Post: Schools Pay When Rhee Snubs Donors
Notable:
45%:
Percentage of Ohio fourth graders proficient in math, according to NAEP.?? State tests say more than 78 percent of fourth-graders are proficient in math.
Columbus Dispatch: Ohio students' math proficiency doesn't add up