Maine Enterprise Schools featured at EdReformer

Adam Burk, Maine Enterprise Schools' volunteer Networking Director, was recently interviewed by EdReformer, from which our recent post on Rocketship Schools came. He blogs at Pushing Upward and CoöperativeCatalyst, and is an example of the kind of teacher we think can transform educational experiences for many young people - IF we are able to create the kinds of schools that not only draw extraordinarily committed folks like Adam in, but create the kinds of working conditions that keep them.

Much is made of the fact that study after study shows that the factor most associated with student learning is the "quality" of the teacher. What such research does not factor in is the degree to which many of the highest quality teachers leave within 1-5 years of beginning their career - not because they are not good at it, but because they are VERY good at it - and feel they can no longer compromise between what they know can do and what they are allowed to do.

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