Teacher layoffs undermine school reforms

06-11-2010

By W. Norton Grubb and Lynda Tredway/San Francisco Chronicle

E.R. Taylor Elementary's third-graders worry that McClaren Park's weeds will go wild because of unexpected rain. These park stewards take their responsibilities seriously. Virginia Dold, Taylor's principal for nine years, worries too, but not about weeds. Most of San Francisco's second-largest elementary school's third-graders won't become park stewards next year. Their beloved science teacher - and one of two remaining reading-recovery specialists who'd made half the Latino students proficient readers - was laid off. Stability drove the success of Dold's school. "I have an incredible staff," Dold says. "My teachers don't leave, unless they retire or move." (more...)

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