Jeff Merkley actually said...

"In your elementary schools, do the teachers talk about each student each week with each other?"

"So what is it that kind of catches your students' imagination in the sense that it is relevant and not just some dry thing that they will 'never use'?"

"Our skills as a Nation, as they relate to skills in other countries around the world, are slipping."

"But it sounded to me that much of what has gone on is trying to break down the silo in which teachers often find themselves."