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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Charter Schools: Teachers, But Not to Last?

Given a real 'choice,' most parents would rather not send their children to a school staffed with teachers with such little experience, who, just as they might be in the process of developing into real educators, are looking to move on.  Much like the Peace Corps and global poverty, such a charter school teachers' 'youth movement' seems like a nice gesture by upwardly mobile young people, but not a solution to the real problems.

From the New York Times:

Charter networks are developing what amounts to a youth movement in which teaching for two to five years is seen as acceptable, even desirable.
"Charter school networks are developing what amounts to a youth movement in which teaching for two to five years is seen as acceptable and, at times, even desirable."  READ MORE