Next Test: Value of $125,000-a-Year Teachers

proud2BlibKansan

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Tue Jun-09-09 08:08 PM
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Next Test: Value of $125,000-a-Year Teachers

So what kind of teachers could a school get if it paid them $125,000 a year?

An accomplished violist who infuses her music lessons with the neuroscience of why one needs to practice, and creatively worded instructions like, “Pass the melody gently, as if it were a bowl of Jell-O!”

A self-described “explorer” from Arizona who spent three decades honing her craft at public, private, urban and rural schools.

Two with Ivy League degrees. And Joe Carbone, a phys ed teacher, who has the most unusual résumé of the bunch, having worked as Kobe Bryant’s personal trainer.

more . . . http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/05/education/05charter.html?em

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cloudbase

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Tue Jun-09-09 08:13 PM
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1. We'll see if it works.

That said, I expect that if expectations aren't met, the numbers will be cooked in order to justify the continuation of the program.

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Smarmie Doofus

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Thu Jun-11-09 07:12 PM
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2. That article produced an instant flurry of thoughtful LTTEs from teachers.

Edited on Thu Jun-11-09 07:17 PM by Smarmie Doofus

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/opinion/l09teach.html?scp=1&sq=June%20%202009%20Letters%20%20Teachers&st=cse

It surprised me that the Times published them... given it's long, unrelenting hostility to public school teachers and their unions.

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