?Why aren't governors standing up and saying, ?In our state, we'll devise a system where nobody will ever get into a classroom who isn't competent'? Instead they are saying, ?Let's make it easy to fire teachers.' That's the wrong goal'' *
?Dennis Van Roekel, President of the National Education Association
?GOP Governors Take Aim at Teacher Tenure,? The New York Times
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The number of organizations that signed a letter to President Obama about legislation in Congress that would allow teachers still in training to be considered ?highly qualified?
?Letter to President Obama: Who is a ?highly qualified' teacher?,? The Answer Sheet, The Washington Post
* This quote does not necessarily represent the views of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.