Can 120 new teachers lift six failing Louisville schools?
When the new year begins this fall at Valley Traditional High School, there will be five new English teachers, three new math teachers and two new science teachers, as well as new special education, choral and art instructors. They're among 120 teachers Jefferson County Public Schools will hire or transfer in as part of a comprehensive JCPS plan to overhaul six of its lowest-performing middle and high schools by replacing as much as 60 percent of their faculty, and in some cases, their principals.Antoinette Konz, The Courier Journal, May 26, 2010