“I have not seen that standardised tests make the profession less attractive, though some principals respond to them in a way that drives the best teachers out of their schools (by over-emphasising test prep in the school curriculum for example). On the other hand, great teachers want benchmarks to measure progress and tests can help with that.” WayWantHelpingHandsSchoolTeacherProgressExampleTestsProfessionAttractivePrincipalCurriculumGreat TeacherBest TeacherPrepsSchool Curriculum Author:Wendy Kopp
“Far from the West having caused the poverty in the Third World, contact with the West has been the principal agent of material progress there.” WorldHas BeensPovertyProgressMaterialsThirdsWestContactAgentsPrincipalThird World Author:Peter Thomas Bauer
“I think that the risk to all the progress we've made was at stake in the election because not just the president-elect but a lot of members of Congress, including now the Speaker of the House and the Senate majority leader, have said that their principal agenda was to undo a lot of this progress. But as I've been talking about over the last several days when it comes to health care, the gains that we've made are there. Twenty million people have health insurance that didn't have it before. The uninsured rate is the lowest it's ever been.” PeopleThinkingMadeSaidCareLastsHousePresidentTalkingLeaderMillionsProgressRiskMembersGainsTwentiesElectionMajorityRateIncludingCongressHealth CareAgendasStakesSenateSpeakersPrincipalLowestMajority Leader Author:Barack Obama