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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe I missed it in the thread but isn't the OP describing a high-end private school? Surely there already exists a private school out there where they pay fat salaries to teachers because they are so awesome.

Is there a case study on such a school that could be discussed:
- how did they identify and recruit their teachers?
- did they come out of particular college programs?
- what kind of metrics do they use for hiring and are they used to calculate starting salaries?
- how is performance measured and how is it tied to pay?
- how many teachers do they fire every year?
- year round schedule?
- how does it all get paid for: how much is the endowment and what is the tuition?

Does anyone know of such a school and how it is working?[/quote]

Yes. The Equity Project Charter School in NYC does this. It's a public charter school.

There are some studies that have been published on it and I've heard mixed reviews. The teachers work very long hours (7:30-5pm contractually), work during summer as well, but get paid 125,000 a year. The test scores (which I don't believe measure much anyways) are not great and the school is not highly rated.

They got rid of a bunch of the supports to pay teachers that much and keep classes at 30 students. Typically, low income students need a lot more services to be successful. Their school has very meager facilities.  I think if parents had a choice between this and a fancy private school with all the bells and whistles, or public school in a wealthy neighborhood (which probably has tons of nice facilities and specials) they would choose the fancier option.

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