Len Lipkin

Teacher Salaries USA vs. the World [Infographic]

I advocated raising teacher salaries. Groundbreaking, I know. Well, in further support of that idea, this infographic speaks for itself.

Len Lipkin

Fire Bad Teachers [Video]

Fire the bad ones! An AP poll found 78 percent of those surveyed believe there should be a better way to get rid of under-performing educators.

Len Lipkin

School Success Criteria Vol 2: Teachers

In yesterday’s post, the first of a series outlining what makes a school successful, I started the article by stating that I was unhappy that teachers are disproportionately punished for bad performance in schools. Newsweek’s cover story this week is titled “Why We Must Fire Bad Teachers” tells the other side of the story–that teachers should be blamed when blame is due, What...