U.S. should reward, not penalize, our schools - Press-Telegram

U.S. should reward, not penalize, our schools - Press-Telegram:

"The feds could write off our entire state, even though the reality is that we in Long Beach are using data left and right to improve classroom instruction. Here we have another example of what can go wrong when people hundreds and thousands of miles away in Sacramento or Washington - people who've never set foot in our classrooms - tell us how to run schools"