At today’s press conference I asked Mr. Rumlin about how the
district puts Teach for America teachers in our lowest performing schools.
Just a reminder, TFA takes non education majors, puts them
through a five week teacher boot camp and then places them in our neediest
schools where about a fifth leave before the first year is over and most leave
after two.
Mr. Rumlin seemed well familiar with TFA and said that, we
don’t need them in our schools, most leave after two or three years.
Mr. Rumlin’s assessment of the districts use of TFA is
correct, we are condemning our most vulnerable children to an ever revolving door
of barely trained and novice teachers who quickly leave.
And some people wonder why the NAACP is frustrated with
Superintendent Vitti’s leadership.
To read more about the press conference, click the link: http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2016-02-22/story/naacp-defends-comments-about-improving-grades-discounts-vitti-claim
First Mark Woods. Now Ron Littlepage. Looks like Vitti isn't the only one circling the wagons over on the river. I like how Littlepage calls school grades meaningless. Tell that to the teachers at failing schools that are under a microscope. The ones that are reamed out by Vitti's lackeys. Teachers are repeatedly told that it's their fault the students aren't learning. If school grades were going up you know who wouldn't be calling them meaningless? Pete and Repeat over at the TU. That's who.
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