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Arne Gets One Right
By: Vicki E. Murray, Ph.D
6.16.2009
California has already received more than $5 billion in federal education bailout funds, compliments of the American taxpayer. Another $2 billion is on its way this fall. Last month during a visit to San Francisco, Education Secretary Arne Duncan asked whether California was going to lead the way or retreat in K-12 education reform. Duncan was referring to the $4.35 billion in "Race to the Top" state incentive funding for groundbreaking reforms, including data collection about teacher performance and preparation.
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Want Better Teachers? Improve Working Conditions
By: Vicki E. Murray, Ph.D
6.8.2009
A recent report warns that more than half of veteran teachers nationwide (1.7 million) will retire in the next decade. New teachers won't fill the gap because a growing number leave the profession within five years. In places like San Diego, critical teacher shortages could be just two to three years away. But until public schools improve the professional working environments for teachers, don't expect to attract-much less retain-top talent. While unions and other groups purporting to represent teachers have focused on such things as class size, sick days, and collective bargaining agreements, little has changed since 1983 when A Nation at Risk concluded that the "professional working life of teachers is on the whole unacceptable."
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