Schools are already making professional judgements about the quality of teaching and learning, the standard of marking and the preparation and planning of individual teachers.

BBC: Performance pay: Head to head

As governor, Bush has zero foreign policy experience, except for occasional, perfunctory meetings with Mexican officials, standard fare for any border state governor, but surely no preparation for brokering a tough agreement between Israeli Prime Minister Barak and Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat.

CNN: Bill Press: Gore finally hits his stride