- “Knowing how to identify and measure great teaching is a huge step toward providing better feedback and support for teachers and building a better education system for all our children–but it’s just one step. The challenge now is to use this information to give teachers the tools, resources, and support they need to do their best work.” ~ Bill Gates, Microsoft founder
- “Passing children up the grade ladder when we know they can’t read is irresponsible–and cruel.” Kansas Governor Sam Brownback
- “Researchers know a lot about how various factors associated with income affect a child’s learning: parents’ educational attainment; how parents read to, play with, and respond to their children; the quality of early care and early education; access to consistent physical and mental health services and healthy food. Poor children’s limited access to these fundamentals accounts for a good chunk of the achievement gap, which is why conceiving of it instead as an opportunity gap makes a lot more sense.” ~ Greg Kaufmann and Elaine Weis
