Governors Seek to Improve Teacher Quality

By Alan Richard

Governors promised to redouble their efforts to improve teaching quality last week during a meeting convened by a former governor who hopes to encourage state leaders as they proceed with the task.

If former North Carolina Gov. James B. Hunt Jr. gets his way, every governor will be taking serious action to make sure better teachers are working in every classroom—especially those with the neediest students—and would get paid more when their students’ test scores improve.

Governors from 10 states and three U.S. territories, along with three former members of their fraternity, met June 10-13 at a resort in Asheville, N.C., to share ideas and hear from...