In America, your zip code or your socioeconomic status should never determine the quality of your education.
I think it's my job to tell the truth.
We have had this massive effort on K-12 reform, raising standards, great teachers, great principals, turning around chronically failing schools, raising the bar, huge amount of progress. Let's continue that.
There was nothing more important I could do than be supportive as a dad.
City Year is taking on some of the toughest work in education.
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.