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Submitted by mary ellen levin, Nov 29, 2006 17:08

I could not see anything in the description of the research that supports the claim that it would be more important to get rid of teachers than worry about categories of teachers to hire. That "either/or" seems like a non sequitor to me. And big city systems can't generally afford to get rid of too many people. Salaries and working conditions are the reasons why more people will not be streaming into the city systems.

I wonder about the retention rate among these two groups as reported by both the researcher and your reporter. Are they really equal, as implied? When the reporter says 50% of teachers in NYC leave after five years, does she mean 50% have left during the first 5 years? If so, with uncertified teachers starting out weaker and then leaving after a year or two, many children have been harmed during those few years. So if we want a logical alternative to the dual problems of uncertified teachers' weaker performance, and the poor retention rate for fledgling treachers in general, more related suggestions might be more support in the first years and a true professional internship, rather than getting rid of tenured people.


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