Teachers support evaluations based on multiple measures: student growth, classroom observation and feedback from peers and parents.

There's so much that we're doing wrong today. And studies show we're one of three countries that doesn't invest more in disadvantaged communities.

States should not balance their budgets on the backs of students.

Teachers support evaluations based on multiple measures: student growth, classroom observation and feedback from peers and parents.

The factory model of education is the wrong model for the 21st century. Today, our schools must prepare all students for college and careers-and do far more to personalize instruction and employ the smart use of technology.

Whether you look at these recent PISA results, which we are mediocre at best, whether you look at a 25 percent dropout rate in this country, whether you look at, in one generation, we're not doing what we need to be doing to keep America great.

A postsecondary education is the ticket to economic success in America.