State schools chief Nancy S. Grasmick has proposed lengthening the time before teachers can get tenure, boosting pay for teaching subjects where there are instructional shortages, and linking teacher evaluations to student test scores. Do you support these changes?

Yes

58%

No

35%

Not sure

7%

(1,271 votes, results not scientific)

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