Southern Schools Get Low Marks

Mississippi Education When it comes to hiring effective teachers and canning the ineffective ones a new reports shows that southern states are receiving below-average grades.

by Associated Press

Published: Sun, February 08, 2009 - 2:00 pm CST Last Updated: Sun, February 08, 2009 - 2:22 pm CST

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A national nonprofit advocacy group has
given Mississippi a D-plus and Louisiana a C-minus in recruiting
and retaining quality teachers and getting rid of those who are
ineffective in the classroom.
The National Council on Teacher Quality recently released its
2008 State Teacher Policy Yearbook. The report finds that laws and
regulations in most states discourage promising new teachers from
staying in the classroom while doing little to rid schools of
inadequate teachers.
The report gives Louisiana a D-plus in identifying effective new
teachers, a C in retaining effective new teachers and a C-minus in
getting rid of ineffective new teachers.
Mississippi fared even worse, getting a D-plus in identifying
effective new teachers, a D in retaining effective new teachers and
a D-plus in getting rid of ineffective new teachers.

To see the full state-by-state report, go to www.nctq.org

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tellitlikeitis Says:

Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 7:35 pm

I am so tired of teachers being blamed for low scores. If the child don’t want to learn he/she is not gonna learn. Quit blaming these teachers. Learning starts at home with the parents. Make your child behave and learn. Back the teacher up and then we will see better scores. duh

MeAmerican Says:

Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 6:09 pm

Claims Alabama gets a “C”. Lets see a county breakdown. Seems like the only state doing it right is TN. How about ineffective school boards and the exiting of ineffective members.