The job protection system comes first under the system that we have, and the schools second. Principals' jobs are secure irrespective of their performance. Teachers rarely receive anything but satisfactory performance evaluations. Meanwhile, thousands of children continue to perform well below satisfactory levels. This has to change.
Accountability has to exist at every level.
But I know that we have to go much further and entirely change the system so that our schools put student performance not only today but well into the next generation first. This is Rudy Giuliani.