For Utah schools to improve, leaders have to begin thinking in new ways. These may include changing how teachers become certified, lengthening probationary periods for new teachers so the bad ones can be fired, and increasing the pay for teachers in rural and other hard-to-staff schools.\r\n \r\n Those are some of the conclusions of a newly released research brief on how to improve teacher quality in Utah, published by the Utah Foundation. They deserve serious thought and discussion.
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