Fighting "Tooth And Nail" Against Teacher Quality

The NYT editorial page from Tuesday follows up on the teacher quality issue by praising Secretary Spellings for her renewed attention to the issue and reminding everyone how evasive and resistant state and local folks are on the issue, no matter what the statute or ED says -- whether it's with this law, NCLB, or with past attempts to get at the issue such as the ed school accountability provisions in the 1997 Higher Education Act (Demanding vs. Doing).