Article or Essay
The schools teachers choose
Description
One way to identify good schools is to look for the schools where teachers want to work. Jeremy Glazer interviewed teachers in one large urban school district who moved from hard-to-staff schools to some of the district’s most desirable schools, asking what motivated their moves and why the schools they sought out were attractive to them. These interviews offer three lessons that can help guide efforts to make more good schools for all our nation’s children.