Great principals are key to keeping good teachers in poor schools

It has often been noted that high-poverty schools tend to be staffed by less experienced teachers. In an online piece at WashingtonPost.com, the always-thoughtful Jay Mathews examines some of the reasons for this and some of the proposed solutions. In the end, he concludes that the key to keeping good teachers in high-poverty schools may be to put our best principals in our worst schools and persuade them to stay there. He suggests some ways to make this happen. "Teacher Experience Lags at Poorer Schools," by Jay Mathews, WashingtonPost.com, August 27, 2002.