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Education Secretary Arne Duncan will launch over the summer the administration's effort to bolster national standards and to tie teacher pay to performance.
WSJ: Coming Next: The Act II Blueprint
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My point is that if we've done everything we can to improve teacher pay and teacher performance and training and development, some people just aren't meant to be teachers, just like some people aren't meant to be carpenters, some people aren't meant to be nurses.
WHITEHOUSE: Online Town Hall
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He won his fight for an extended school year, but lost an attempt to have teacher pay more closely tied to performance.
ECONOMIST: Unions and the election