A Teacher Town Hall kicked off NBC's second annual Education Nation event on Sunday, September 25, 2011. The major news network began this initiative in 2010 as a means to "engage the country in a solutions-focused conversation about the state of education in America."
Below are two clips from today's Teacher Town Hall, hosted by NBC's Brian Williams.
Part One of Education Nation's Teacher Town Hall:
Part Two of Education Nation's Teacher Town Hall:
To find out upcoming topics for this week's summit or to watch the Live Webcast of the 2011 Education Nation event, click here.
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Sunday, September 25, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
60 Minutes: NYC charter school's $125,000 experiment
This Sunday (3/13/11), 60 Minutes aired a segment on New York City charter school, The Equity Project.
The Equity Project (TEP) was founded in September of 2009. TEP holds to three core principles: rigorous qualifications, redefined expectations and revolutionary compensation.
This publicly funded, but privately managed charter school offers a salary of $125,000 to qualified teachers: that's more than double the national average for teachers. TEP's strategy invests most of its operating budget into pay for teachers. TEP founder and principal, Zeke Vanderhoek believes the rigorous recruitment strategy to separate the mediocre teachers from the all-stars will yield excelling results for their students.
But is higher pay helping this charter make the grade?
"When the fifth graders took the New York State math and reading exams, the results were disappointing. On average, other schools in the district scored better than TEP."
Watch the whole 60 Minutes segment below:
To read transcript of this 60 Minutes segment, click here.
The Equity Project (TEP) was founded in September of 2009. TEP holds to three core principles: rigorous qualifications, redefined expectations and revolutionary compensation.
This publicly funded, but privately managed charter school offers a salary of $125,000 to qualified teachers: that's more than double the national average for teachers. TEP's strategy invests most of its operating budget into pay for teachers. TEP founder and principal, Zeke Vanderhoek believes the rigorous recruitment strategy to separate the mediocre teachers from the all-stars will yield excelling results for their students.
But is higher pay helping this charter make the grade?
"When the fifth graders took the New York State math and reading exams, the results were disappointing. On average, other schools in the district scored better than TEP."
Watch the whole 60 Minutes segment below:
To read transcript of this 60 Minutes segment, click here.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Kristof: Pay Teachers More, Stop Demeaning the Profession
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof has an excellent column today on the profession of teaching and the impact teachers have on their students.
He points out several things we all should keep in mind when considering reforming education.
Finally, we can all agree with Kristof that the denigration of teachers needs to stop. Who is going to go into a profession that serves as a punching bag for partisan politics and/or politicians? The top graduates of our schools will not go into a profession that is not respected.
Contact your representatives--local, state and federal--and tell them to stop dumping on teachers. They are not the problem – they are the solution. And they deserve our respect.
Read the entire column, Pay Teachers More, New York Times, March 12, 2011.
He points out several things we all should keep in mind when considering reforming education.
1. “Until a few decades ago, employment discrimination perversely strengthened our teaching force. Brilliant women became elementary school teachers, because better jobs weren’t open to them. It was profoundly unfair, but the discrimination did benefit America’s children.”
2. “Changes in relative pay have reinforced the problem. In 1970, in New York City, a newly minted teacher at a public school earned about $2,000 less in salary than a starting lawyer at a prominent law firm. These days the lawyer takes home, including bonus, $115,000 more than the teacher, the McKinsey study found.”
3. “Consider three other countries renowned for their educational performance: Singapore, South Korea and Finland. In each country, teachers are drawn from the top third of their cohort, are hugely respected and are paid well (although that’s less true in Finland). In South Korea and Singapore, teachers on average earn more than lawyers and engineers, the McKinsey study found.”
Finally, we can all agree with Kristof that the denigration of teachers needs to stop. Who is going to go into a profession that serves as a punching bag for partisan politics and/or politicians? The top graduates of our schools will not go into a profession that is not respected.
Contact your representatives--local, state and federal--and tell them to stop dumping on teachers. They are not the problem – they are the solution. And they deserve our respect.
Read the entire column, Pay Teachers More, New York Times, March 12, 2011.
Friday, March 4, 2011
The Daily Show Highlights: Teachers Vs. Wall Street pay, and a conversation with Diane Ravitch
While most agree that the issues facing education and our country's teachers are hardly laughing matters, sometimes comedy shines a more pure light on how wildly the wheels are coming off of the bus.
Thursday, March 3, the Daily Show's Jon Stewart concluded his week's theme on educators and education. The show began with Stewart, delivering in his signature sharp style, a satirical examination of a major cable news channel's coverage of the teacher pay versus Wall Street pay "debate" and ended with a thoughtful conversation with Diane Ravitch, author of "The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice are Undermining Education."
Watch highlights from the Thursday's show here:
Thursday, March 3, the Daily Show's Jon Stewart concluded his week's theme on educators and education. The show began with Stewart, delivering in his signature sharp style, a satirical examination of a major cable news channel's coverage of the teacher pay versus Wall Street pay "debate" and ended with a thoughtful conversation with Diane Ravitch, author of "The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice are Undermining Education."
Watch highlights from the Thursday's show here:
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