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

About two-thirds of bachelor's degree holders borrow to go to school, and on average they're graduating with more than $26,000 in debt.

Historically the Department of Education hasn't been doing enough to drive the sustainability movement, and today, I promise that we will be a committed partner in the national effort to build a more environmentally literate and responsible society.

Borrowing to pay for college used to be the exception; now it's the rule.

The arts significantly boost student achievement, reduce discipline problems, and increase the odds students will go on to graduate from college.

Teachers say their schools of education did not adequately prepare them for the classroom. They would have welcomed more mentoring and feedback in their early years.

I think it's my job to tell the truth.