Political Quotes

“Mr. President, today I introduce the Effective Teaching and Leading Act to foster the development of highly skilled and effective educators. We are working towards reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act--ESEA--this Congress for the first time since 2001. One of my highest priorities for reauthorization is to build the capacity of our Nation's schools to enhance the effectiveness of teachers, principals, school librarians, and other school leaders. Decades of research have demonstrated that improving educator and principal quality as well as greater family involvement are the keys to raising student achievement and turning around struggling schools. To strengthen teaching and school leadership, the Effective Teaching and Leading Act would amend Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, ESEA, to provide targeted assistance to schools to develop and support effective teachers, school librarians, principals, and school leaders through implementation of comprehensive induction, professional development, and evaluation systems. Every year across the country thousands of teachers leave the profession--many within their first years of teaching. A report by the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future has estimated that the nationwide cost of replacing public school teachers who have dropped out of the profession is $7.3 billion annually. Fortunately, we have some proven strategies to support teachers that will keep them in our schools.…”