Tech exec gives a speech to a bunch of educators. “The good news” he says, “is that my online education business will pay teachers a million dollars a year.” The crowd cheers. “The bad new is that I’ll only need … read more
In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, we’re highlighting cage-busting educators, those who work tirelessly to upend the pervasive “culture of can’t,” and devise outside-of-the-box solutions despite the rules, regulations, statutes, and contracts that so often paralyze teachers and leaders. In … read more
Originally posted in January, now re-posted….. From Benjamin Scafidi at The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice: America’s public schools are bloated with bureaucracy and skinny on results. Nationwide since 1950, the number of public school administrative and non-teaching positions has … read more
