Study Links Teacher 'Grit' with Effectiveness, Retention

CAT Tracks Editor's Note:

The results of this study were so predictable and unsensational...

I'm actually wondering if it's an early April Fool's gag.

I mean...

The researchers:

Claire Robertson-Kraft and Angela Duckworth...

...a Robertson and a Duck(worth)?

If their study becomes 'The Bible' for producing effective teachers, will proponents dub it "Duck Dynasty"?

For sure, there are a lot of quacks out there calling themselves education reformers.

As for the study "findings":

Teachers who are willing to repeatedly bang their heads against the walls of ignorance and apathy...

...are more likely to succeed and stay?

Bears repeating: