"Cincinnati Public Schools teachers with a form of advanced certification are disproportionately assigned to a small group of already high-achieving schools, and many of the city's worst schools have none of the elite instructors, according to an Enquirer analysis."
The district can boast that it employs the most teachers of any district in Ohio to receive certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, a Virginia nonprofit known for having a lengthy, demanding application process.
Last week, four more CPS teachers earned the honor, bringing its all-time total to 139.
But the group's mission of elevating the teaching profession - and improving student learning - is undermined when these high-level teachers aren't deployed effectively, said Nancy Schwartz, regional outreach director for the board.
• Alphabetic list of schools • List of schools, best to worst ratio
"It's a legitimate point that we may not have our best teachers in the schools that need them the most," Schwartz said. "Teachers are naturally going to gravitate to a work environment that allows them to do their best work. In order to change that, we need systematic thinking about what it's going to take to get our best teachers into hard-to-staff schools."
Earlier this month, The New Teacher Project, an independent consultant, recommended that CPS overhaul its teacher-assignment system, including providing incentives for good teachers to go
