Opponents of an initiative-petition proposal in Missouri that requires a new evaluation process for teachers, and does away with tenure protections, have filed a lawsuit challenging the proposal’s ballot summary, which they say would mislead voters.
Continue reading...Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, says teachers need at least a year to master the new common core before schools should be held accountable for results.
Continue reading...Teachers have filed suit in federal court charging Florida’s sweeping merit-pay law unfairly resulted in many teachers’ evaluations being based on the test scores of students or subjects they did not teach in violation of the equal-protection and due-process clauses of the U.S. Constitution.
Continue reading...According to The Advocate, Louisiana District Judge R. Michael Caldwell, of the 19th Judicial District Court, who upheld the tenure part of a sweeping education law in December 2012, has reversed himself after hearing new arguments from both sides.
Continue reading...Education Week reports that even though 34 states and the District of Columbia have No Child Left Behind Act waivers in hand, many of them are still negotiating with the U.S. Department of Education over their teacher-evaluation systems – a crucial component if they want to keep their new-found flexibility.
Continue reading...The Chicago Tribune reports that according to contract summaries from both sides, the Chicago Teachers Union’s gains during the strike were incremental improvements from offers already on the table.
Continue reading...According to the State House News Service in The MetroWest Daily News, Governor Deval Patrick has signed into law legislation that gives teacher performance and evaluations greater weight in public school personnel decisions.
Continue reading...The Associated Press reports on BloombergBusinessweek.com that teacher evaluations will be kept secret from most taxpayers after state lawmaker’s passed Governor Andrew Cuomo’s bill, giving a major victory to teachers unions, who opposed wider disclosure of the evaluations.
Continue reading...The Los Angeles Times reports that a preliminary ruling from the Los Angeles superior court supports charges that the Los Angeles Unified School District is violating the law by not using student performance to review teachers.
Continue reading...The Times-Picayune reports that Louisiana’s largest teachers association, some of its local chapters, and four individual public school teachers have filed two state lawsuits challenging the education overhaul Governor Bobby Jindal signed in April 2012.
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