Saturday

I found the article about top-notch teachers extremely interesting. I completely agree that "raising the bar" by hiring top-notch teachers has a positive impact on any school. When I have someone that I can look up to and learn new things from, that will only make me better in the long run. I do have an issue with the second part of the article that questioned the effectiveness of formal mentoring programs. I covered this topic for my research paper and every piece of information that I found pointed to the fact that mentoring programs help in almost every situation. How can we deny the fact that helping someone through that potentially traumatic first year does not help? I look forward to hearing others' point of view.