School Administrators – How are you to create a budget that will wind up giving students the education they deserve , quality teachers they deserve, and the resources to obtain that education, but on the other hand satisfy the tax-payers in your town where teacher salaries are constantly scrutinized and judged? The Huffington Post recently reported the following… Consider the recent findings that showed quality teachers are worth $400,000; however in-effective teachers could be costing the Nation trillions of dollars. “The policy of eliminating the least effective teachers is very consistent with the McKinsey analysis of the policies found in high-performing school systems around the world (Barber and Mourshed 2007). Their analysis suggests that the best school systems do not allow ineffective teachers to remain in the classroom for long.” Full Article … Read entire article »