Report: NC's low-performing schools hire more low-performing teachers
Last month, State Board of Education member Olivia Holmes Oxendine asked staff at the Department of Public Instruction about the quality of teachers at low-performing schools. This week, she got her answer.
Posted — Updated"There is a difference in who they hire," said Thomas Tomberlin, DPI's director of district human resources. "Teachers they hire are more low performing (compared with higher performing schools) ... If this trend continues, these schools have very little chance of getting out of low-performing status."
The school board discussed the possibility of teacher "stagnation," the difficulties teachers face in low-performing schools and whether they are getting the resources they need.
"It's a system problem, not a teacher problem," said State Superintendent June Atkinson. "It's also a question of teacher load at schools."
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