http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2007/08/17/saturdays-teacher-summit-drumming-up-interest-in-oaklands-most-rewarding-profession/ Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2007/08/17/saturdays-teacher-summit-drumming-up-interest-in-oaklands-most-rewarding-profession/comment-page-1/#comment-14863 Katy Murphy Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:18:10 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/?p=126#comment-14863 It seemed very high to me, too; I had Troy double-check the estimate with Laura Moran, the chief services officer for the district (who had originally given a higher estimate). My question was about the teaching staff, not about new hires, but I’ll check again.

]]> http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2007/08/17/saturdays-teacher-summit-drumming-up-interest-in-oaklands-most-rewarding-profession/comment-page-1/#comment-14864 Steve Weinberg Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:18:13 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/?p=126#comment-14864 In your Sunday Tribune story on the recruitment summit you write that more than 40 percent of Oakland’s public school teachers come from partnership programs such as Teach For America, according to Troy Flint. This figure seems way too high to me. Is it possible that he was referring to 40% of new hires? That would be consistent with my experience. Can you check on this? Thanks.

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