This week, I am handing over my blog space to Roseann Lyons, Head of Upper School, so that she can share you with you a recent request from an alum:
I hope you watched our recent video (last week’s blog post) including interviews with recent alums recounting the effect of their USM experience on their college success. Every alum highlights the impact of good teachers and that leads me to another alum who has been in the news recently.
Dr. Raj Chetty ’97 just published a much-circulated report on the incredible impact of a strong teacher on student achievement—not just in school, but for life. Chetty’s study reports that students with “high value added” teachers “are more likely to attend college, attend higher-ranked colleges, earn higher salaries, live in higher socio-economic neighborhoods, and save more for retirement.”
In preparation for his upcoming meeting with Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Dr. Chetty contacted his alma mater asking me to poll our teachers for their suggestions about how the federal government can improve education in the United States. Eager to supplement his data-driven material, Dr. Chetty is looking for our real-life classroom stories and anecdotes.
