The Unions also might be a little more amenable with their approach than Success Academy's. They see training and continuous improvement as the solution to underperformance with teachers (fewer firings) and also generally seem to have far lower burn rates on staff. That being said, there are a lot of complaints about workloads for the latter on some of the employment sites.
I follow Miss Snuffy (Katherine Birbalsingh) on Twitter. Recently trainee teachers posed the question 'why does she hate kids so much?' As if being strict and preparing kids to excel in the world were somehow a bad thing, through having demanding standards...
If you like Success Academy, you should read this article by Robert Pondiscio: https://www.the74million.org/article/pondiscio-i-just-wrote-a-book-about-success-academy-charter-schools-it-does-not-support-your-preferred-narrative-i-hope-you-hate-it/ . Did you see their recent SAT scores? 1268! There are also a couple of great examples from here in the UK, across the Pond. The Michaela Community School is one. But Brampton Manor Academy is killing it- they recently outpaced Eton in placing kids at Oxbridge.
The Unions also might be a little more amenable with their approach than Success Academy's. They see training and continuous improvement as the solution to underperformance with teachers (fewer firings) and also generally seem to have far lower burn rates on staff. That being said, there are a lot of complaints about workloads for the latter on some of the employment sites.
I follow Miss Snuffy (Katherine Birbalsingh) on Twitter. Recently trainee teachers posed the question 'why does she hate kids so much?' As if being strict and preparing kids to excel in the world were somehow a bad thing, through having demanding standards...
TY M. Geary. I can't recall if I bought Pondiscio's book or put it on the list. But, yah...