Guardian Angels and Untouchables (Teaching and Leading)

Two interesting looks at what it really takes to make it as a teacher -- finding guardian angels and keeping clear of untouchables:

My Three Career Guardian Angels Education Week
The Untouchables Teacher Magazine

Teaching

Homegrown Teacher Magazine
Recruiting and retaining quality teachers in Phila via PEN
Cultivating teachers early SECTQ
A D.C. Teacher's Day in the Rose Garden WashPost
Teacher of the Year: 'Let Teachers Teach' USA Today
Study stirs teaching controversy USA Today
‘Fast Track’ Teacher-Certification Efforts Examined EW
'Combat pay' instead of teacher merit pay Sacramento Bee
Bull in a China Shop? Doyle Report Via PPI
Quantity of certified teachers a problem Houston Chronicle
Principals lay off problem teachers Chicago Tribune

Leading

Principal Preparation Education Week
Keep the Ed.D. Degree for Professional Programs EW

Best of the Rest

Beyond 'Karma, Cows and Caste' Washington Post
New tactics to relieve test stress CNN
Costly lesson Forbes via the Gadfly
Looking For Answers Assorted Stuff
Raising the bar Education Week
Directionless Dictates Education Week
Motivational nudity JoanneJacobs.com