Isn’t it amazing that a whole range of professional and business people, some in thier first year of employment, can earn more than the people who taught them how to read, write, compute and think?
Entries Tagged as 'Teaching'
Letter to the Editor NY Times 6/9/09
June 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Education reform, Teaching
Tags:David Leonhardt.Education reform·leadership·teachers' pay·Teaching·The New York Times
The Key to Economic Recovery: Education
March 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Teaching, Uncategorized
“We can no longer afford to accept a culture in which a kid one day out of law school makes more that the person who taught him how to read – anymore than we can accept a culture in which a mediocre teacher gets re-hired year after year.
Tags:David Leonhardt.Education reform·economic recovery·The New York Times
A SAD AND INSTRUCTIVE STORY ABOUT THE BEST TEACHER I HAVE EVER KNOWN
March 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Professional development, Risk-reward, Teaching
Tags:coaching·development·football·reward·risk·teachers·Teaching·teaching careers
How to save our schools:celebrate teachers as heroes
March 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Teaching
Everyone knows who Babe Ruth was. Millions watch the Jerry Rices of the world catch footballs and the Lance Armstrongs race through France. But how many people can name the winner of an award won by a teacher in their own community – if there is actually such an award?
As a person who taught and [...]