Promise Academy teaching staffs overwhelmingly new, inexperienced
The School District of Philadelphia has met its goal of radically overhauling the teaching staffs at six newRenaissance Promise Academies.
According to District data obtained by the Notebook, almost 75 percent of the 280 teachers working in Promise Academies are new to their schools. Forty-three percent are in their first year teaching in the District. Although unable to provide exact data, District officials said the majority of those are in their first teaching position anywhere.
