FOR WHOM THE SCHOOL BELL TOLLS

We can't meaningfully address poverty or grow the economy as long as urban schools are failing. Therefore, the most effective anti-poverty program we could devise for the long run would have less to do with income redistribution than with ensuring that poor kids get a first-rate education.

... the problem with American education is not the good schools, it's the bad schools, but there are ways to boost weak schools;

1) End rigid requirements for teacher certification,
2) End tenure so that ineffective teachers can be weeded out and
3) Award hefty bonuses to good teachers willing to teach in low-income areas.
4) Universal Vouchers unencumbered by any public schools system administration*.

If we want outstanding, inspiring teachers in difficult classrooms, we're going to have to pay much more, and it would be a bargain...

[* I'm sure they meant to include it]

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