Revised NCLB must stress teacher quality

From the CEC Smart Brief:

The country would be much further along in realizing the goals of NCLB if the U.S. Education Department from the outset had given states the guidance and support they needed to get highly qualified teachers into all core subject classrooms, editors of The New York Times argue. The country must win "the battle for teacher quality," the editorial says, or risk losing its competitive edge in the global marketplace. The New York Times (free registration) (12/8)