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Take note W E C O M B T H E M E D I A D A I LY for the best quotes and statistics about public education. If you discover a quote or stat you think we should highlight, send it along with your name to editor@cta.org. Quotes & Numbers "TEACHERS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM IN OUR SCHOOLS, THEY ARE THE SOLUTION." —California State Superintendent of Public Instruction T O M T O R L A K S O N , reacting in Education Week to the June 10 Vergara lawsuit ruling. "WE KNOW WHAT IS AT STAKE, AND IT IS WHY WE ARE EDUCATORS. IT IS WHY WE ARE FEARLESS AND WHY WE WILL NOT BE SILENT." —NEA President-elect L I LY E S K E L S E N G A R C Í A , speaking about several public education challenges at the July 152nd annual meeting and 93rd NEA Representative Assembly to thousands of delegates in Denver. She takes office Sept. 1. "Vergara was the straw that broke the camel's back. The secretary's response to the Vergara ruling—it was just shameful. And it underscored his lack of understanding." —CTA President D E A N E . V O G E L , explaining to Education Week what led to a CTA-proposed resolution calling on U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to resign being approved at the recent NEA Representative Assembly meeting in Denver. Duncan supports Vergara's attacks on teacher rights. The Numbers World ranking of California's $2.2 trillion economy, putting the state ahead of Russia and Italy, according to the Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy in Palo Alto. 8th P L A C E Percentage of California households earning less than $20,000 annually that have vital broadband Internet connections, a July Field Poll on the "digital divide" found. 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