- Calif. Lawsuit Challenges Teacher Tenure, Layoff, Due-Process Statutes
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A handful of California parents have sued the state over five laws that allegedly concentrate poorly performing teachers in schools that primarily serve disadvantaged and minority students. Filed today in the California ... - Teacher Performance Assessment Under Scrutiny
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A new teacher-licensing test is the target of a critical New York Times column.... - Has Higher Ed. Ceded Reponsibility for Teacher Quality Control?
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A well known education school dean criticizes his field for not tackling program quality.... - Universities, Districts to Partner on Common-Core Secondary Math
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Universities, community colleges, and K-12 districts in 30 states announced plans this week to work together on redesigning secondary mathematics teacher preparation to align to the Common Core State Standards. ... - Seniority Layoffs Preserved In Minnesota, Debated in Missouri
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Layoffs by seniority continue to be one of the touchiest issues in teacher-quality policy, as recent action in Pittsburgh and Rhode Island show, often pitting teachers' unions against groups that argue that such rules ne... - $25,000 And An Internship Awarded to Expert Teachers
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Four teachers have been announced as the first recipients of the Fishman Prize from the New Teacher Project (TNTP), a teacher-training group. They'll each be awarded $25,000 and get the chance to participate in a summer ... - Program Gives Students an Early Start on Teacher Prep
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From guest blogger Hannah Rose Sacks Starting this fall, Mississippi's Ocean Springs High School will offer a two-year academic track for students interested in teaching as a profession, reports WLOX-TV. The program, Tea... - Seniority Still a Splinter Issue in AFT Districts
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Two AFT affiliates are dealing with tricky issues arising from efforts to reduce the weight given to seniority in personnel decisions. ... - Teachers' Unions Enter Super PAC World
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The nation's largest teachers' unions have joined the super PAC movement.... - Deadlocked Negotiators Fail to Reach Consensus on Teacher-Prep Rules
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Following a three-hour telephone call with negotiators during which consensus seemed frustratingly out of reach, the U.S. Education Department declined to extend the rulemaking process any further, meaning it will craft ...
