“The problem is poverty, not bad teachers.” Diane Ravitch, education historian

“Teachers want what’s best for children. The teachers union is an institution built to protect the interests of itself and adults.” Tony Bennett, Indiana’s superintendent of public instruction

I don’t think we can continue to have processes and procedures in place that allow an ineffective teacher to stay in the classroom for years and years.” Michelle Rhee, the former chancellor of D.C. schools

“Voters, especially voters with kids in public school, want to keep the best teachers on the job, and to heck with seniority.” Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute

From The New Yorker