Leslie McCracken

Teacher Led Schools

TPPs help to professionalize teaching. All the ideas for “school improvement” and “education reform” assume that teachers must remain employees and that an administrator, such as a principal, must be in charge. But it is clearly conceivable for teachers like doctors, lawyers, and other professionals to work with partners in groups they [...]  Read more.

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Merit-Based Pay

Merit Based Pay- Trying to Make Sense out of Bureaucratic Dollars “Teachers should be treated ‘like the professionals they are while also [being held] more accountable. Good teachers will be rewarded with more money for improved student achievement, and asked to accept more responsibilities for lifting up their schools….’ It’s time to [...]  Read more.

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The U.S. Department of Education’s National TEACH Campaign

Good teachers make a difference– great teachers change lives.  Everyone knows at least one student who attributes their success rate to a special teacher who challenged them to develop, encouraged them to overcome a difficult subject or motivated them to be the best student they could be– and in more cases than [...]  Read more.

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Diversity Teacher Recruitment Startegies

Today’s economy under such vacillating turmoil, job searching is something that relegates a keen sense of preparation. The fact that there are more candidates than jobs makes it imperative to be competitive in a talent [...]  Read more.