47 States Grant Tenure To Teachers Regardless Of Performance

"Only four states require the consideration of any evidence of teacher performance as part of tenure decisions; the remaining 47 states permit districts to award tenure virtually automatically."

- National Council On Teacher Quality

New Orleans School Choice

Higher Test Scores Equals Higher Economic Growth

“There’s almost a one-to-one match between what people know and how well economies have grown over time. It’s not the quantity of schooling that drives success in countries, it is the quality of outcomes that we see that is explaining the relationship.”

- Andreas Schleicher, the head of indicators and analysis for the education directorate at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

Democrats' Borrowed Stimulus Money Funding Incompetent Teachers

"Economic downturns are harrowing, but the need to reduce payrolls forces employers to cut ineffective workers and come out of the recession leaner and stronger. By leaving schools unharmed by job losses, we are sparing them from this painful but ultimately healthy process."

- Jay P. Greene & Stuart Buck

84% Of Community College Students Do Not Earn A Bachelor's Degree

"Only about 29 percent of community college students transfer to four-year institutions and only about 16 percent eventually receive a bachelor’s degree or higher. In addition, there is a persistent salary gap between those who have a degree from a traditional college and a prior associate degree and similar individuals who do not have an associate degree."

- Natalia Kolesnikova

The Most Important Factor In Student Achievement

"A growing body of evidence tells us that teacher effectiveness is the single most important factor in student achievement."

- Bill Gates

"We recruit a disproportionate share of teachers from among the bottom third of their college classes. Then we give them lifetime tenure after three years, and we reward them based on longevity, not performance."

- Mike Bloomberg