Tag: differential pay
Struggling kids, rookie teachers and more reasons for school choice
A recent report from Harvard researchers offers more compelling reasons why expanded learning options are so needed for struggling students. Based on data from four urban school districts, the Strategic Data Project at Harvard’s Center for Education Policy Research found lower-performing students are placed with brand-new teachers far more often than their... READ MOREIn school districts, low-income children will always lose the battle for resources
Editor’s note: Doug Tuthill responds today to a post I wrote...
READ MOREWhen school boards and teachers unions look the other way
Years ago, the powerful director of a local teachers union...
READ MOREReport: U.S. spent (wasted?) $14.8 billion paying teachers for master’s degrees
School districts spent nearly $15 billion in the 2007-08 school...
READ MOREWhy science advocates should embrace vouchers, school choice
Editor’s note: Due to technical difficulties with the blog, many...
READ MOREDid they really say that (about education reform in Florida)?
As you know, we keep tabs on what’s written and...
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