08.20.2008 1:39 pm

Reward good teaching more than degrees

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Ladue School District is joining the rest of the education establishment in rewarding teachers for acquiring advanced degrees.

It’s not doing so because advanced degrees necessarily improve teaching. The evidence of that is scant. It’s doing so to address concerns…

Tags: Ladue School District, teachers, testing

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05.11.2008 8:20 am

Charter Schools: A special Commentary page

By Editorial Board

Sunday’s Commentary page is devoted entirely to the issue of charter schools, particularly whether they have the potential to improve the education of children in the St. Louis Public Schools district. The material grew out of a recent meeting of the…

Tags: charter schools, commentary page, Community Advisory Board, education, Gilbert Bailon, innovation, Kathleen Sullivan Brown, Mary Armstrong, Robbyn Wahby, St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay, teachers, UMSL

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Reward good teaching more than degrees

Charter Schools: A special Commentary page

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