N.C. District Lures New Math Teachers With $10,000 Bonus

The Guilford County, N.C., school district has joined with a coalition of local foundations to offer an incentive program designed to lure some top-flight math teachers to eight of the district’s low-performing high schools.

Though the 70,00-student district initially targeted six schools when it launched the effort this fall, a new $2 million grant from Action Greensboro—an initiative of six local foundations that began in 2001—will allow the program to expand to two additional schools.

Under the plan, called Mission Possible, teachers who respond to the call will receive a one-time $10,000 bonus to bring their salaries in line with those of recent mathematics graduates who took jobs...