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Investing in Our Teachers

ÐßÐßÊÓÆµ knows that recruiting and retaining high-quality teachers is at the core of our work to provide an excellent and equitable education to all students. We are proud that our district continues to attract and retain world-class teachers as evidenced by the record 3,000+ teacher applications we received for School Year 2019-2020. Amazing teachers across the district like Alysha Butler, the National History Teacher of the Year, and Lakeisha Brown, the ÐßÐßÊÓÆµ Teacher of the Year, continue to choose to return to ÐßÐßÊÓÆµ year after year to support the success of our students. Across the district, close to 70 percent of our teachers have six or more years of experience.

In School Year 2019-2020, 76 percent of our teachers returned to the same school where they taught the previous school year, a nearly 8 percentage point increase in retention from 10 years ago. We have seen schools across all wards retain more than 85 percent of their educators at their school including:

  • Burroughs Elementary School (Ward 5)
  • Stoddert Elementary School (Ward 3)
  • Brent Elementary School (Ward 6)
  • Sousa Middle School (Ward 7)
  • Hardy Middle School (Ward 2)
  • Hart Middle School (Ward 8)
  • Banneker High School (Ward 1)
  • Roosevelt STAY High School (Ward 4)

Our district continues to