Our Greatest National Shame: Education?

In a recent New York Times Op-Ed, Nicholas Kristof admits that he now thinks education is our nation's number one priority. He says that by investing billions of dollars in our education system is a sound investment, and one that protects our future.

Kristof notes that the single most important factor within education is the quality of a teacher.

"One of the greatest injustices is that America’s best teachers overwhelmingly teach America’s most privileged students. In contrast, the most disadvantaged students invariably get the least effective teachers, year after year — until they drop out. This stimulus package offers a new hope that we may begin to reform our greatest national shame, education, " writes Kristof.

NCTAF has been leading the charge on providing all children with a competent, caring teaching in every classroom since 1996 when we first published "What Matters Most: Teaching for America's Future."

It has been 13 years since that report has first been published. Has it taken a national economic crisis for our nation to invest in education? Where will education be 13 years from now?