Good teachers leaving-how to keep them

How to keep good teachers......................

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/teach-plus/when-teachers-leave-stude_b_2259799.html?utm_hp_ref=education

The highlights:

• It starts with convincing principals that teachers are not easily replaceable.
•  Schools must focus on developing effective teachers into top performers.
• Schools must involve teachers in decision-making; survey data is not enough.
• "More than anything, teachers wanted the school to help us help students learn"

When teachers are not empowered to make changes in schools that would enable us to better serve our students, teachers leave and students lose out. It's time schools across the nation make it a priority to keep and develop their effective teachers and to involve teachers in that process. ~Alexandra Fuentes

Motivating Students???

Accountability:

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/authentic-assessment-accountability-schools-envision-bob-lenz?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29

"...our accountability is not driven by a system of rewards and punishments; it is driven by an authentic system of accountability driven by making the work of students, teachers, and the school public."  

Putting grades on display?  Hmmm, sounds scary-I wonder if you can even legally do that?  This might work for a gifted and talented school, but a school where there are grades of all percentages, I just don't know.  My fear is that too much focus will be on learning the information for the grade rather than actually learning the topic.................GRADES ARE NOT EVERYTHING!!! Just saying.