A word of caution to the Pinellas County School District that is looking to significant pay hikes for teachers willing to teach at their failure factory five. The best teachers don’t do it for the money, and they’re savvy enough to know that “Stand and Deliver” and “To Sir With Love” success doesn’t happen by sheer personality. Nor in a vacuum.
It takes a community. The sort of black community support and reinforcement that, ironically, was much more common during segregation than now. Absent that kind of help, nothing materially improves.