New Experiment Lands Teachers From Well-To-Do Schools to The Roughest Schools In The Area

Come one and all and listen to the story of Kennetha Jones, a Miami teacher who quit her job at a well-to-do school to teach at one of the roughest elementary schools in the county-Lakeview Elementary School. Her career move was a part of an experiment to transfer several educators from rich schools to 39 very troubled schools, labeled the "School Improvement Zone" by the superintendent of schools in Miami and Dado county, Dr. Rudy Crew.

A New York Times article reveals the challenges she faced and where the idea for the program came from (the Times said the program originated in New York) .