"ATLANTA — Most states are holding tight to policies that protect incompetent teachers and poor training programs, shortchanging educators and their students before new teachers even step into the classroom, according to a new national report card.
In fact, even the top scoring state, Florida, received a C, with most states getting Ds or Fs. A handful of states — including Georgia, Texas and Louisiana — got a C-minus.
'We think it's really a blueprint for reform,' council vice president Sandi Jacobs said about the report, called the State Policy Teacher Yearbook. 'Each goal is something we think states could and should be doing to reform teacher quality.'
The National Council on Teacher Quality is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that focuses on teacher policies at the federal, state and local level."
