Pros
As opposed to many under-resourced Chicago Public Schools (where I have also worked) Noble supplies the materials necessary to educate students. There is ample technology are resources (the school provides lap tops to employees, there are projectors and document cameras in every classroom, Chromebook carts, unlimited copies where the school buys the paper and the copiers are usually working.) The harsh discipline system ensures teachers can deliver lessons uninterrupted by fights or children talking over the teacher. The buildings are safe and there is support staff (paraprofessionals, office staff, many deans and assistant principals, etc.)
Cons
Noble teachers are payed far below teachers in traditional Chicago Public Schools and there is no pay scale or policy in place for staff to ask for or receive raises meaning every employee is on his or her own to schedule a meeting with their principal and ask for a raise. Last year staff did not even receive a cost of living wage. Staff are overworked and have exceedingly high performance expectations linked to student test scores. Many students fail and transfer rather than repeating a grade. Staff turnover is high and the wheel is reinvented often. Many staff find it impossible to balance being a parent with the demands of working at Noble and seek other employment when starting a family.