Reform: Is "Superman" Moving Us Backwards?
I must admit having given up wading through all the Waiting For Superman / Education Nation stuff over the last couple of days. Far as I can tell, the benefits of all this coverage and commentary (a temporary uptick in public concerns about education) have been matched or perhaps even outweighed by the internal strife that's been generated among various stakeholders and kind of reformers. Waiting For Supermen in particular has prompted the release of a lot of pent-up anger among educators who voted for Obama bu
Thompson: Cutting Wages Makes Teaching More Attractive
At Dove Academy, the McCharter school near my house, teachers' starting pay is down to $27,300 per year. The deprofessionalization of charter school teachers puts downward pressure on the wages of all. And it is not just the quality of life of educators that is damaged