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The article focuses on the hiring process they went through to find great teachers who were already teaching. The real challenge, though, is to find the best te
by misuba 17y ago
The article focuses on the hiring process they went through to find great teachers who were already teaching. The real challenge, though, is to find the best teachers who would be teaching if it weren't for the absurdly low compensation for such taxing work. How would you do that?
- kragen 17y agoWell, you could start by founding a school that pays teachers $125 000 a year and then getting a press hit in the New York Times.
- misuba 17y agoAnd then you go see these new teachers in their classrooms... which they don't have yet. What then?
- kragen 17y agoWell, ideally the timeline goes something like this: 2008: announce the project; get the attention of a few of those who would be teaching 2009: launch, get a press hit in the NY Times; get the attention of hundreds of thousands more 2010: report good results and plans for expansion 2011: report good results and plans for expansion. At this point some of those who would be teaching who were entering university in 2008 are almost ready to graduate, and others are ready for a career change. 2012: report good results and start hiring a bunch of the fabulous scientists, engineers, etc., whose attention you've been attracting over the past four years.