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uft president randi weingarten on ‘highly qualified teachers’ report january 8, 2007
UFT President Randi Weingarten on ‘Highly Qualified Teachers’ Report January 8, 2007
Jan 8, 2007 11:56 AM
“The good news is that the significant across-the-board teacher salary increases since 2002 mattered: We have made great progress in ensuring that all children in New York City have highly qualified teachers. But, of course, there is more to do. In order to increase teacher quality even more, we must lower class size, vigilantly promote safety and create a more cooperative relationship between teachers and principals. In schools where teacher quality remains problematic, what you see all too often is that relationships are so bad that our most qualified teachers don’t want to work there.”
