New teachers are leaving Hartford schools at an alarming pace

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Hartford Courant

Nov 1, 12:00 AM

New teachers are leaving Hartford schools at an alarming pace, with one out of every four new teachers moving on

The problem of teacher turnover has been felt the most acutely in some of the city’s lowest-performing schools. The loss of more than 20 percent of their teaching staff has created a “perpetual churn” that hurts the district’s efforts to recover from the COVID-19 health crisis, Superintendent Leslie Torres-Rodriguez said.

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