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8.1.2011

? I wept when Barack Obama was elected president, but this isn't the type of history I thought he'd make. Funding is driven based on test scores. That puts all the focus on the test scores. So if you're a teacher in the classroom, you don't spend any time getting your kids excited about learning -- your job depends on how well the kid does on a test, so now you're just drilling and trying to get them ready for the test. ?*

?Matt Damon, actor and philanthropist

Save Our Schools March Calls For Teacher-Backed Reform Huffington Post

49th

North Carolina's state rank in percentage of budget spent on education, placing them next to last in the nation, ahead of only Utah

Education Cuts Squeeze N.C. Teachers NPR

* This quote does not necessarily represent the views of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute

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