Skip to main contentWeekend reads: Family-friendliness as a teacher retention strategy
By | November 14, 2014, 8:17pm UTC - Five real-life educators, including New York’s Jose Vilson, share their takes on what makes a good teacher. (NPRed)
- A Milwaukee education reporter trashed public schools in a speech accepting an award. (Gawker)
- A graduate of the Harbor School is helping to design a similar school, with a river theme, for Rochester. (HWS)
- A new study says D.C.’s test score gains mostly were not driven by an influx of affluent students. (Greater Greater)
- Minneapolis’s superintendent will personally review all suspensions of students of color. (Blackstar)
- New York City is not alone in reevaluating elite schools’ admissions policies. (Gotham Gazette)
- Important sector-wide context was missing from coverage of a high-paying charter school’s scores. (Neerav Kingsland)
- One teacher’s story of the roller-coaster ride from optimism to defeat to joy. (Edwize)
- Charter schools are increasingly trying to retain teachers by adopting family-friendly work rules. (Hechinger)
- Research explains why some high schools are cliquier than others, and the finding is surprising. (Atlantic)
- Decades before Teach For America, there was the National Teacher Corps. (American Prospect)
- A major publishing company is outlining its vision for high-quality content in a new “manifesto.” (HMHCo)
- A fellow of the right-wing Manhattan Institute says the UFT has gotten a lot over time, while giving little. (City Journal)
- Teachers did better in the second year of Chicago’s new evaluation system, which weighs test scores. (Catalyst)