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PG County job fair
by not going
Nov 11, 2011
G County is advertising an upcoming job fair; supposedly they are looking to hire 200 teachers. But the Washington Post had a story a few months ago saying that PG fires large numbers of teachers. this tends to be the school improvement strategy in struggling school districts: keep hiring and firing teachers rather than improve the leadership at the top of the school district and the principals within the schools. I need a job but you won't find me at this job fair!
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To anon----please elaborate!!!! Why run? On 1/19/12, anon wrote: > Take my advice and RUN!

Please give us details. Why run
Jan 19, 2012
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anon Because, although I have no direct experience wth PG County, I have expeience with another district that operated this way. When schools are under pressure to improve their test scores, the easiest way for them to demonstrate that they are trying to improve is to keep weeding out teachers. Sometimes this is an explicit practice: weed out the lowest...See More
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anon adding more From a recent column by Steven Pearlstein titled"For development, all signs point inward" "Prince George’s County offers the greatest gap between the potential for development and redevelopment in the inner ring and market realities. High crime rates, inferior schools, rampant corruption and sheer ineptitude on the part of local officials have sc...See More
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To anon----please elaborate!!!! Why run? Your experience with urban schools is exactly what I personally saw also. So I do believe what you are saying. I just thought it would be interesting to hear specifics on PG. I am on the outskirts of Baltimore, too. I have some interesting info about Baltimore City Schools but nothing I would share on the board. I am sure we would have interesting ...See More
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To anon from Why run On 1/21/12, anon adding more wrote:

> > A Story titled "Prince George’s schools seek to close diversity gap" > by Abby Brownback, Published: December 14 > makes it appear that PG is not looking to hire white, non-Hispanic > teachers anyway, so that is another reason for me not to bother going > to their job fair. > ...See More
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