Down payment on new school era
By RICK KARLIN Capitol Bureau
Published: 12:27 a.m., Tuesday, August 31, 2010
- Richard C. Iannuzzi, left, New York State United Teachers president, and Arne Duncan, U.S. Education Secretary, head a roundtable with teams of teachers about reform and pilot program on teacher evaluations at NYSUT headquarters in Latham on Monday, August 30, 2010. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)
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FontCOLONIE -- The nearly $700 million that New York state will receive as part of the federal Race to the Top innovation program will help revamp the way teachers are trained and evaluated in future years.
One effect of that change: The lowest-performing teachers will likely be let go or denied tenure in light of more expansive future evaluations that will include a look at their students' test scores.
"There is a reality at some point that some are going to have to be counseled out of the profession," said Richard Iannuzzi, president of the state's largest teachers union
