http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/magazine/07Teachers-t.html?pagewanted=1&th&emc=th
^ Great NYT article on what educators and researchers are trying to do now to improve teacher quality. I’m glad they’re now focusing on teaching teachers how to teach, and not just eliminating the bad ones and trying to pick out the good ones (although being able to fire bad teachers is important). There are some very interesting techniques presented. I wonder to what extent suburban schools who already perform at high levels will try to incorporate these techniques and methods – just because you’re better than under-performing schools doesn’t mean you shouldn’t always seek to improve, right?