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Bloomingdale resident and Dunbar High School math teacher David Tansey is quoted.

District embarks on plan to bring more quality teachers to poor schools

By Michael Alison Chandler February 6 at 10:18 PM

District officials are developing a plan to bring more effective teachers to schools in poor neighborhoods, part of their response to a federal mandate to address the historically short supply of talent in schools where children have the greatest needs.

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David Tansey, a math teacher at Dunbar High, said he has been the second-most senior math teacher on staff since his third year at the school.

He cited the unpredictably that comes with teaching in a classroom where enrollment is constantly changing and large numbers of students are behind academically.

Teachers feel that getting a good classroom evaluation is often a matter of luck, he said.

“It’s a very high-stress environment,” Tansey said.