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Starting salaries are lower for Hartford teachers than in any of the five neighboring districts. |
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The district is spending nearly $18 million a year to incentivize teachers to earn advanced degrees, though the research is conclusive that the vast majority of these degrees do not make teachers more effective or increase student learning. |
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The first stage of Hartford's hiring process is cumbersome, poorly timed and not conducive to attracting the greatest talent. |
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The teacher contractual work day in Hartford is among the shortest in the nation. |
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Hartford teachers have twice as much sick leave — 20 days per year — as the average in the country, which is 10 per year. |
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Evaluation systems are broken: tenured teachers never have to be observed; 91 percent of nontenured teachers and 97 percent of all tenured teachers are ranked as competent or above, in spite of very low student achievement. |
