25. National Center on Education and the Economy 1. Assume that we will do the job right the first time 2. Make much more efficient use of the available resources. 3. Recruit from the top third of the high school graduates going on to college for the next generation of school teachers 4. Develop standards, assessments, and curriculum that reflect today’s needs and tomorrow’s requirements. 5. Create high performance schools and districts everywhere - how the system should be governed financed, organized, and managed. (Tough Choices, 2007, 9-20).
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