Mission Possible working, says GCS

In a midday lunch meeting yesterday, GCS brass told School Board members that Mission Possible, the ongoing lauded program to recruit and retain teachers in the highly-impacted schools in Guilford County, is working.

This morning's News & Record says more teachers are being recruited to these schools and that test scores are on the rise, according to data released by Supt. Maurice "Mo" Green.

Green, who unveils his long-awaited Strategic Plan for Guilford County Schools next week, told Board members the program needs to continue to be funded to achieve success.

N&R:

"I would certainly say it is working in some regards," Superintendent Maurice "Mo" Green said after the meeting. Created under former Superintendent Terry Grier, Mission Possible pays teachers as much as $10,000 in recruitment incentives and $5,000 in performance bonuses for math and English teachers. Cumulative Effect is a similar program for high school math teachers.

More teachers are being recruited to the 28 low-performing schools involved in Mission Possible, more are being retained and early test scores show improvement, Green said.

He added that with limited data - not all state test scores have been released - it is difficult to isolate any program as a single factor for success.

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