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...believe the data that certified teachers do better at getting children up past these objective exams than people who are perhaps not as well qualified, then you've got to put a whole bunch of money into professional development. It is also a question of salaries. We're going to need to pay the prevailing wage so that we make teaching a valued profession again. Twenty-five years ago, the difference between the starting salary for young lawyers going into the big firms and the starting salary for teachers going into the New York school system was $2,000. Today...
As the stakes have risen, so has the pressure to perform--and the frustration among parents, students and educators. In the past year, protest-the-test groups have sprouted in at least 36 states. In Colorado, more than a thousand parents, teachers and students surrounded the state capitol in March...
Ten years ago, as an M.B.A. student, I was offered a course on Japanese management practices. At that time, Japan was the model for economic success and dominance. Well, that was then. Today I read TIME's predictions of what the future holds for our jobs, workplace and the economy...
He may of a new generation and Western-educated, a healer rather than a warrior by profession and a Netizen rather than a nationalist by instinct, but don't expect to see Bashar Assad even talking to Israel any time soon. No matter how much Washington cajoles, peace with the...
Teaching is also seeing something of a renaissance, as programs like Teach for America raise the profile of profession.