Teaching experience matters!
Even as Mayor Bloomberg, Chancellor Cathie Black and Michelle Rhee are arguing for experienced teachers to be laid off regardless of seniority, every single study shows teaching experience matters.In fact, the only two observable factors that have been found consistently to lead to higher student achievement are class size and teacher experience, so that it's ironic that these same individuals are trying to undermine both.
Generally speaking the corporate reformers argue that only the first few years of