Vol. 3, No. 3
Paper tiger unions; Bronze Age of education; and nimble charters
Paper tiger unions; Bronze Age of education; and nimble charters
Vol. 3, No. 3
Marginal Impact
Upstart Startup: Creating and Sustaining a Public Charter School By James Nehring; Standards of Mind and Heart: Creating the Good High School By Peggy Silva and Robert A. Mackin; Central Park East and Its Graduates: “Learning by Heart” By David Bensman; One Kid at a Time: Big Lessons from a Small School By Eliot Levine
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Study Abroad
Why Schools Matter: A Cross-National Comparison of Curriculum and Learning
by William H. Schmidt et al.
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Meet Mr. Shannon
At Bronx Prep, a master teacher shares his expertise. Photograph courtesy of Kristin Kearns Jordan.
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Are Teachers Underpaid?
It is often said that the nation does not properly value teaching. Is this...
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Low Pay, Low Quality
For decades the nation has been able to school its children on the cheap by exploiting a trapped workforce of educated women. Those days are long gone.
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Comparable Worth
Salary data fail to account for the shorter workday and work year in teaching. Once adjusted, teacher salaries look about right.
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Philosopher or King?
Shanker sought to transform teacher unions into a powerful voice for education reform, proposing ideas that were unconventional for a union president.
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