Bob Schaffer: “I was at the mall this weekend with my family and someone stopped me and said they had seen us a couple of weeks ago…”

We are turning underperforming schools upside down.

The only individuals who can guarantee that these dollars are being spent efficiently are the ones who are closest to the children who are affected.

I have become deeply convinced of the value of parental involvement in education.

The question is now, when we see all of the reform that is taking place, before you didn't know where your qualified teachers were, you wouldn't say where the distribution was, your graduation rate--any improvement made you AYP.