"Our children deserve competent, motivated teachers, and when a teacher, however infrequently, does not meet those requirements, we need to do what's right for our students."

You are not only going to get a wonderful, motivated teacher but you're going to get a teacher who knows that he or she isn't trapped in teaching.

Unprepared and unrewarded, even highly motivated teachers look elsewhere, says Caroline Hoxby, a professor of economics at Harvard.

To succeed, the revolt needs well-educated and highly motivated teachers and principals.

Well-trained, motivated teachers are essential, "but a salary hike is not the answer to a quality education," said Dr. Katherine Henry, a divisional vice president.

The government needs the kind of motivated and pro-active teachers that use TTV and should start listening to them.

Even the most motivated teachers say it cannot happen in five years, and the state calls it window dressing.

It would make a lot more sense not to fund places at the less discriminating universities and spend the money hiring ambitious, motivated and well-qualified teachers for secondary school.

(for instance, by providing more funding for decent facilities and more motivated teachers?)

They felt Wayne State would draw off the city's most motivated teachers and students, and siphon off grant money.