Thursday, September 17, 2009

Teacher Beat: NEA to Spend $6 Million for Teachers in High-Needs Schools




Teacher Beat: NEA to Spend $6 Million for Teachers in High-Needs Schools:

"The National Education Association plans to put $6 million over six years into 'comprehensive strategies and policies to increase teacher effectiveness in high-needs schools.' The funds will be focused on four strategies outlined in this paper, authored by Barnett Berry, the president of the Hillsborough, N.C.-based Center for Teaching Quality.

Among Berry's major recommendations, states and districts should focus on comprehensive initiatives to lure teachers to hard-to-staff schools and ensure that they grow in effectiveness while there. In other words, don't just stick performance pay in alone and expect it to work."