Massachusetts launches teacher recruitment effort 5/11/10

BOSTON (AP) — Education officials are launching a plan to recruit Massachusetts’ top teachers to work at the state’s worst schools in an effort to boost student achievement.

State Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester tells The Boston Globe the goal of the plan scheduled to be announced Monday is to put the most talented teachers in 35 schools in nine of the state’s most troubled districts.

Chester says he’s on a mission to erase the notion that working in an underperforming school carries a negative stigma about teacher performance. He says it should instead be an opportunity to improve student achievement.

Moving to an underperforming school could mean more pay or even more leadership opportunities.

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