Education is the civil rights issue of our generation.

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

When I ask teachers why they teach, they almost always say that it is because they want to make a difference in the lives of children.

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.

Far too many of our children today, our students, need remedial education. We have been lying to them. They're not really ready for college. That's not higher education's fault. That's our fault K-12.

No one is mandating merit pay.

City Year is taking on some of the toughest work in education.