PEOPLE

• Raise salaries to attract the best and brightest teachers
• Offer additional bonuses for math and science teachers
• Develop merit pay program given to individual schools with each school deciding how to distribute the funds

ACCOUNTABILITY

• Set high standards and measure results
• Give more authority to principals and teachers
• Encourage greater participation in student mentoring programs
• Adopt a no tolerance policy for disruptive students

COMPETITION

• Weed out failure and reward accomplishment
• Increase course rigor and expectations
• Work with business leaders to make learning relevant

EMPOWERMENT

• Institute a parent coordinator at every school
• Distribute to parents a yearly school report card on each school's progress and achievement

"High School reform is not just an "Education Issue." It's also an economic issue, a civic issue, a social issue and a national security issue."

-U.S. Secretary of Education, Margaret Spellings

"To succeed in this marketplace, U.S. firms need employees who are flexible, knowledgeable and scientifically and mathematically literate."

-Norman Augustine, former chairman and CEO, Lockheed Martin; Chair, Committee on Prospering in the Global Economy of the 21st Century