Rise & Shine: L.A. teachers back tying test scores to evaluations | GothamSchools

Rise & Shine: L.A. teachers back tying test scores to evaluations | GothamSchools

Rise & Shine: L.A. teachers back tying test scores to evaluations

by Philissa Cramer

• Implementing Obama’s education law plan will be politically and logistically difficult. (Times)
• The plan will ease consequences for most schools but toughen them for some. (Washington Post)
• The city and the teachers union could change rules for teachers in the “rubber room.” (GothamSchools)
• A Los Angeles panel that includes teachers wants test scores used in teacher evaluations. (L.A. Times)
• The Post says the city is to blame for the Khalil Gibran debacle, because it created a “separatist” school.
• Choice fan Paul Peterson says students do better when their schools compete. (Wall Street Journal)