CHARLOTTE -- Officials in one of North Carolina's largest school districts plan to use 100 new Teach for America recruits to replace experienced teachers who are being laid off.
The Charlotte Observer reported Thursday that the recruits lack teaching experience and credentials. A teacher advocate says the decision in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system is a slap in the face.
Superintendent Peter Gorman says the Teach for America workers will bump teachers who aren't performing well enough.
Teach For America is a national nonprofit organization that recruits college graduates for two-year teaching assignments.
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Sad
This is a terrible solution. Fire experienced educators for less experienced folks without credentials. I wonder why the teachers are not performing - how are assessments of teacher performance conducted? Anyone can go to greatschools.net and find out that test scores are often (not always- but often) tied to socio-ecominic status of the students. Putting less experienced teachers in the classrooms does not seem to be a smart idea. I have a feeling that this will not be implemented fairly to the schools - I bet the wealthier schools get less of these "recruits". I am glad that my children will not be subjects of this experiment and hope that the coastal counties do not follow suit.