Cheri Yecke Quotes
With accountability, ... teachers can't spend time in exercises in political correctness, or fun and games in the classroom. When there's a more focused academic effort, some of the fluff goes. 
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[As commissioner, Yecke was a big supporter of the No Child Left Behind law, which requires schools to test students every year and slaps penalties on schools where students don't meet test score goals.] Right now, I don't see any resistance [to No Child Left Behind], ... I see acceptance. Implementation is taking place. Perhaps [educators] had once seen it as threatening, but once everything was in place, they found they could rise to the challenge.
- Cheri Yecke
