one stanford researcher writes performance is only loosely tied who gets ahead at work. that might not be that surprising. but i want to ask you when you were a position to hire when you had polling people in washington, d.c., what did you look for in a candidate, honestly? that was a part of it. i set aside a quota on that. if people didn t look me in the eye, forget about it. if she didn t have a sense of humor, forget about it. you could give me a guy from harvard who was just a boring dork or give me some kid from the university of maryland who was engaging and could play golf and liked women. if it didn t work out, did he still pay for the hour? i meant to do the job of polling. do you have a good attitude?
are the answer. it s all the schools that are the answer. charter schools give you competition and try new things. that s great. we have a 1,100,000 kids in new york city. most go to noncharter school. out of 85,000 teachers, most of them are probably the best group of teachers put together. some are not. how do you weed those outs? we want to change the way tenure is granted. if we have to lay off teachers, not layoff last-in, first-out and keep the best one. that s what we hear time and time again. some of the most talented teachers get laid off because of last-in, first-out. i want to ask you specifically ability new york city and what s going on here and not with charters across america. there s one stanford study that shows new york city is doing remarkable things. basic erase the harlem-scarsdale