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Survey: Supportive leadership helps retain top teachers

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 82, Clicks: 3)  View Story

A national survey of more than 40,000 public school teachers suggests that while higher salaries are far more likely than performance pay to help keep top talent in the classroom, supportive leadership trumps financial incentives.

2 comments | Tags: bill & melinda gates foundation supportive leadership common standards data systems scholastic inc. harris interactive | Topic: Teaching Jobs BAD >_<

#1 by nitajo posted ago +3 apples bad good
Critics have said the foundation is driving a misguided, business-oriented agenda in public schools. 0
#2 by Newman posted ago +2 apples bad good
PRIMARY SOURCES:
AMERICA'S TEACHERS ON AMERICA'S SCHOOLS

Scholastic and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation asked 40,000 of our nation's public school teachers for their thoughts on American Education with the goal of placing teachers’ voices at the center of the discourse around education reform.

http://www.scholastic.com/primarysources/download.asp
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