Education Fact of the Year
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This has been the most important piece of data missing from the entire debate. I tried toAbout four of every 10 new teachers do not attain tenure after their first three years, data compiled by the New Jersey Education Association show.The numbers show that every year between the 1993-94 and 2006-07 school years, between 38 percent and 42 percent of first-year certified staff hired had not earned tenure three years later.The NJEA compiled the data to show that ineffective teachers are removed and that allegations that teachers never leave or get fired are untrue."We always knew there was more turnover than people thought, but it is interesting how consistent it is year to year," NJEA spokeswoman Dawn Hiltner said.
