Last week, the NY Times featured a lengthy piece on teacher mentorship programs, entitled, “As Apprentices in Classroom, Teachers Learn What Works.”

By now you’ve heard about the brouhaha over Time’s apple-smashing cover story onVergara v. California. Time has posted a number of thoughtful responses, all worth reading. Randi Weingarten’s is especially notable, and is neatly summarized with her closing paragraph:

Last week I crossed the state of Iowa in my rental car, on a mission to find out how we can support IA schools and districts in their efforts to improve educator effectiveness, recruit and retain high-quality talent for their classrooms, and bolster instructional leadership at all levels.