How can young teachers make an impact and help to modernize the profession so that more top-performing teachers will stay in the classroom? Teach Plus Boston Executive Director and former Boston Public Schools teacher Maria Fenwick speaks about teachers' roles in urban school reform and education policy-making.
Teachers with fewer than ten years of experience now make up a majority of teachers across the United States. At the same time, up to 50% of teachers leave teaching before the fifth year resulting in the crisis Ms. Fenwick describes in her talk.
This talk was recorded December 6, 2011 in Waterville.