By Andrew Stiles, National Review Online
Over the past several decades, American teachers’ salaries and benefits have increased steadily, while the academic performance of the nation’s students has stagnated.
By Karen Matthews, timesunion.com
The New York state Education Department imposed an evaluation system on New York City teachers Saturday after the city and the teachers’ union failed to agree on a way to measure teacher effectiveness.
By Matt Roush, CBS Detroit
Controversial education reformer Michelle Rhee says there are hundreds of thousands of wonderful teachers in America who do “heroic” work.
By Molly Bloom, StateImpact.NPR.org
A tentative contract between the Cleveland school district and its teachers union would replace the annual pay raises teachers get for accumulating years of experience or additional education with raises tied to their performance, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.
By Ben Chapman and Corinne Lestch, New York Daily News
State Education officials will finally learn Wednesday the full depth of the chasm between the city and teachers union on teacher evaluations when the warring parties submit their plans.
By Kenneth Lovett, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
It’s almost pencils-down time for the city and the teachers union to reach agreement on a new teacher evaluation plan, Gov. Cuomo warned Thursday.
By Javier C. Hernandez, The New York Times
Warning that a new set of academic standards was on the verge of falling into the “dustbin of history,” the leader of a national teachers’ union called on Tuesday for school systems to postpone using new tests to evaluate teachers and promote students.
By Leslie Postal, Orlando Sentinel The Florida Education Association plans tomorrow to file a new
