Quotable:
"This district can be rightly criticized for the promotion of ineffective teachers over the years. That is about to change. We do not owe poor performers a job."
-Ramon C. Cortines, Superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District
"L.A. schools chief orders weak new teachers ousted," Los Angeles Times
Notable:
$23 Billion:
Amount appropriated to education in the new jobs bill the U.S. House of Representatives passed this week.?? The bill, which still needs Senate approval, passed without a single GOP vote.
"New Jobs Bill Offers $23 Billion for Education," Education Week (subscription required)