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Paul Vallas in New Orleans: Episode 10

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Uploaded by on Jul 17, 2009

Does being bright, young and energetic qualify one to be a good teacher? New Orleans Superintendent Paul Vallas seems to think so.

About 20% of Vallas teachers are novices from groups like Teach for America and other organizations that recruit top graduates and send them into some of the nations toughest schools, with just 8 weeks of training, or less.

What happens to 3 TFA recruits in their first year on the job? Watch and find out.

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  • vallas should try to educate himself not only on academic improvement in schools but the root problems behind our current situation that include unhealthy environments and surroundings for many children as well as how to instill good values and morals for our youth in addition to teaching life lessons in the new system, because he obviously hasn't done so with his own family

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