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What happens when a top-performing teacher moves to a high-need school?

A new study shows the performance of top teachers drops when they’re transferred to a struggling school.

Matt Barnum, editor and columnist with Chalkbeat, joins Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd to discuss why a school’s environment is key to how effective a teacher can be.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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