WEEKEND QUOTABLES
Darling-Hammond wins UFT's Dewey Award
“Teacher unions are the only ones now standing up for public education funding and for real education that goes beyond data and test prep." -- Linda Darling-Hammond
Prison funding sucks resources from schools
The United States spends $70 billion a year on incarceration, $50 billion of which comes from state governments. This matters because $9 out of every $10 in state prison funding comes out of state general funds, the same accounts that fund higher education. So it should be