Quotable:

“We want members to be proactive, and have an impact on what reform looks like. We don’t want teachers thrown under the bus. We don’t want teachers blamed for everything that’s going wrong.”
-Ruben Murillo, president of the Clark County Education Association

Las Vegas Sun: Teachers do a 180 for sake of grants

Notable:

$4.1 billion:
Total amount of wages that could have been generated (in an average year of working life) if half of the dropouts in the class of 2008 had graduated; $536 million could have been generated per year in state and local taxes.

Education Week (subscription required): Dropout Costs Priced for 50 Major U.S. Cities