City Year Is Taking On Some Of

Historically The Department Of Education Hasn't Been Doing Enough To Drive The Sustainability Movement, And Today, I Promise That We Will Be A Committed Partner In The National Effort To Build A More Environmentally Literate And Responsible Society.

No One Is Mandating Merit Pay.

I'm Just Absolutely Convinced We Have To Educate Our Way To A Better Economy. That's The Only Way We're Going To Get There. This Is The Best Long-term Investment We Can Make. And So I Think It's My Job To Be The Truth-teller.

There's So Much That We're Doing Wrong Today. And Studies Show We're One Of Three Countries That Doesn't Invest More In Disadvantaged Communities.

Teachers Say Their Schools Of Education Did Not Adequately Prepare Them For The Classroom. They Would Have Welcomed More Mentoring And Feedback In Their Early Years.