MediaGuardian.co.uk | Media | David Remnick on the cancellation of The West Wing

MediaGuardian.co.uk | Media | David Remnick on the cancellation of The West Wing

… education is the silver bullet. Education is everything. We don’t need little changes, we need gigantic changes. Schools should be palaces. The competition for the best teachers should be fierce. They should be making six-figure salaries. Schools should be incredibly expensive for government and absolutely free of charge to its citizens, just like national defence. That’s my position. I just haven’t figured out how to do it yet.

A Sam Seaborn quote that, really, ought to be government policy.

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