Bridging the Gap -- Districts Turn to Pay Incentives to Keep Teachers at High-Needs Schools

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Before lunchtime, nine restless children were already waiting in the main office to be enrolled at Northaven Elementary. Poking his head in from the hallway, Principal Louis Padgett sized up the crowd and asked, "How many new ones?"

In Northaven, a poor rural area of Shelby County, a constant flow of students enter and leave the school system, swept up in the search for affordable housing. Most have missed a good deal of school - some an entire year.

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Bridging the Gap -- Districts Turn to Pay Incentives to Keep Teachers at High-Needs Schools

"It's not pretty," said the principal, flipping through the file of a new student, who has had three different teachers since the start of the school year.

Still, these students must be caught up to take No Child Left Behind assessments, where their deficits are required to be indistinguishable from their mo...

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