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Chicago Adds More Top Teachers
Produced by Julia McEvoy on Tuesday, January 06, 2009
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Arne Duncan and Chicago Mayor Richard Daley (Photo WBEZ/Mike Rhee) |
A record number of nationally certified teachers are now working in Chicago Public schools.
Last year, more than 320 Chicago teachers became Nationally Board Certified, one of the profession’s top seals of approval. That’s over a 100 more than the previous year. Arne Duncan is the District chief.
DUNCAN: I love this because it’s a very, very high bar. It’s a national standard that our folks have to meet. So you can’t spin it, you can’t PR it. It’s our guys doing the hard work every day. Intuitively I knew years ago that if your best teachers are getting better, good things are going to happen for kids.
Chicago now faces the task of making sure these top teachers work in the toughest schools. Compared to Los Angeles, far fewer of Chicago’s nationally board certified teachers end up in schools that need them the most.
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Rus Bass Ehler, Pilsen // Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 9:27 PM
This press conference was held at Benito Juarez Community Academy, an inner-city school that has five Nationally Board Certified teachers and five more in the process.
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Michael L, Just NorthWest of Chicago // Wednesday, January 07, 2009 @ 9:20
You're forgetting the good kids that don't get the support they need. They are throwing all the firefighters into the worst schools just to keep graduation rates and the test scores level. Meanwhile the middle class residents with kids are not coming back because we know the city isn't going to invest in us.
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Liz B, Chicago // Wednesday, January 07, 2009 @ 8:25 PM
National Board Cert has not been proven to increase student achievement. Fact is, many would argue those who spend so much time documenting their work (all NBC really is) are just in it for the pensionable pay increase.
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Julia McEvoy, Chicago // Thursday, January 08, 2009 @ 11:47
Here's what Jimmy Minicello from the National Board says "In the most rigorous and comprehensive study to date about National Board Certification, the NRC found that students taught by National Board Certified Teachers make higher gains on achievement tests than students taught by teachers who have not applied and those who did not achieve certification. According to the report, NBCTs are more likely to stay on the job longer than other teachers. "
Maybe they can send us the study.
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Marlon W., Chicago // Wednesday, January 14, 2009 @ 4:12 PM
"It's the parents, stupid!"
Bringing in certified teachers will not yield major improvements in achievement unless parents are committed to doing their part.
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