Money Is Not The Reason That People

To Encourage More Top-caliber Students To Choose Teaching, Teachers Should Be Paid A Lot More, With Starting Salaries More In The Range Of $60,000 And Potential Earnings Of As Much As $150,000.

State Governments Generate Less Revenue In A Recession. As State Leaders Struggle To Make Up For Lost Revenue, Legislatures Tend To Cut Funding For Higher Education. Colleges, In Turn, Answer These Funding Cuts With Tuition Hikes.

The Factory Model Of Education Is The Wrong Model For The 21st Century. Today, Our Schools Must Prepare All Students For College And Careers-and Do Far More To Personalize Instruction And Employ The Smart Use Of Technology.

No One Is Mandating Merit Pay.

My Vision Is That Schools Need To Be Community Centers. Schools Need To Be Open 12, 13, 14 Hours A Day Six, Seven Days A Week, 12 Months Out Of The Year, With A Whole Host Of Activities, Particularly In Disadvantaged Communities.