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Posts about The Equity Project (TEP) Charter School — that’s the one where teachers will make $125,000 — brought out strong feelings from educators and advocates both at the New York Times Lesson Plans blog and here at GothamSchools.
In our comments, Leonie Haimson, a leading advocate for smaller classes in the city’s public schools, points (more…)

Zeke Vanderhoek, The Equity Project founder. Photo courtesy of the NY Times.

New York City teacher-blogger Christine Gralow explains why she joined an advisory board for The Equity Project Charter School, which attracted a flurry of attention this spring for proposing to pay teachers $125,000. The school will save money by taking the various duties of (more…)