AM News: Teacher Changes Move Ahead In Baltimore & LA
L.A. Unified settlement of lawsuit mushroomed into assault on long-held district practices LA Times: An effort to lessen layoffs at three middle schools became a vehicle to propel fundamental changes, such as requiring layoffs at the same rate campus by campus. It also sidestepped teachers union resistance... Education Overhaul Effort Loses Key Player WSJ: Ms. Rhee said her own future remained unclear. She said she planned to take some time off and then look for another job in the education arena... Gray vows to continue school reforms as he names interim D.C. chancellor Washington Post: Vincent C. Gray promised Wednesday to move ahead with the District's aggressive school reform agenda even as he allowed its most visible leader, Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee, to exit the stage... Authorities look for clues in Minn. teen deaths AP: The bodies of two teenage friends were found near a gun in a heavily wooded area, and authorities looked into Facebook postings and text messages for clues Wednesday but said they were not searching for suspects... NEA Continues Its Ad Ground Game PK12: It's tough to say that Bennet and the NEA are best buddies, at least when it comes to policy... Teachers begin voting on progressive contract Baltimore Sun: Baltimore teachers began voting Wednesday on what is being hailed as one of the most progressive union contracts to emerge in the nation, which, if ratified, would give teachers unprecedented pay and autonomy and tie raises to proven effectiveness in the classroom.