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Darryl Ziller

Eau Claire, Wisconsin
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Posted on 03/05/12 at 10:26 am in response to At long last, Michelle Rhee's funders revealed

College grads with choices are willing to teach in select schools and good charters. They don't feel they need union protection, or worry what they'll be doing at age 50. Idealism isn't dead. Many twenty somethings want to live in a city and have a job with meaning beyond earning a paycheck.

Beth has done reporting on schools that attract bright young teachers:

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Posted on 02/27/12 at 05:46 pm in response to Minneapolis College Prep preps for fall opening

I have a family member that teaches at one of the Noble schools in Chicago. The schools are almost entirely low income families, and ethnically evenly split between black and Latino. There are few "race issues" within the schools. Individual schools are definitely not set up to be solely Latino or solely black.
So Noble is integrated or not, depending on your definition.
The typical teacher and staff at Noble is young, highly motivated, and has several degrees from select...