posted on October 12, 2009 08:24
New York Times Op-Ed Columnist Nicholas Kirstof argues in favor of greater teacher accountability, and in support of measures that remove ineffective and abusive teachers from school systems. He reasons that ensuring high-quality education for every American student is central to fighting poverty and is the "civil rights issue of our time."
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Published in The New York Times on October 14, 2009.
This article is related to another "News You Can Use" featured article: "The Rubber Room: The battle over New York City's worst teachers" by Steven Brill (The New Yorker).