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Rewarding Good Teachers: The Time Has Come

Should teacher pay scales reward expe­ri­ence or effec­tive­ness? Has tenure con­tributed to the decline of our pub­lic schools by reward­ing longevity rather than results? The time has come to eval­u­ate our teach­ers and reward them accord­ingly. Click on the link above to read more

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Meet the Press talks with Arne Duncan

How will the unlikely polit­i­cal team of Rev. Al Sharpton and Rep. Newt Gingrich help Education Secretary Arne Duncan spread the word that it is finally time to chal­lenge the sta­tus quo, close the achieve­ment gap and raise the bar for America’s stu­dents? David Gregory talks with this team about the Race to the Top Fund and what it means to our schools. Click above for a full tran­script of the program.

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