Getting a high school degree is better than not getting one, but a new report Johns Hopkins University researchers shows that while Philadelphia-area high school graduates earn more than their dropout peers, most still do not earn a salary above the federal poverty level.   And for those who do intend to finish college, it would be nice to know how likely you are to finish college. A new report by the American Enterprise Institute examines the startling rates at which our colleges are producing dropouts.

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Our latest newsletter looks at two recent studies on innovation and how it can best help student learning.  Sign up here. Also in the newsletter, a report on the LaSalle-Peru Town Hall.

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A study released yesterday (June 1) by The New Teacher Project describes how school systems “treat all teachers as interchangeable parts, not professionals. Excellence goes unrecognized and poor performance goes unaddressed. This indifference to performance disrespects teachers and gambles with students’ lives.”  The study looked at 12 school districts, including three in Illinois, that range in size, geographic location and teacher evaluation approach. But, the study concludes, the outcomes are strikingly similar across the districts.

Here’s the link to the report and the The New Teacher Project website.

Here’s links to media coverage: EdWeek (access compliments of edweek.org), and from two cities with districts in the study: The Denver Post and The Cincinnati Enquirer.

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