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Carrot for changing teacher evaluations Thoughts on Public Education | Analysis, opinion and ruminations on California education policy

Thoughts on Public Education | Analysis, opinion and ruminations on California education policy
Carrot for changing teacher evaluations
John Fensterwald - Educated GuessWill districts respond to State Board's incentives?
John Fensterwald - Educated Guess
December 17, 2010

Last month, State Board of Education President Ted Mitchell couldn’t get any votes for his plan to encourage districts to change the way they evaluate teachers and administrators. Education groups didn’t like the proposal any better.
But this week, with the California School Boards Association and the Association of California School Administrators now praising it, the Board unanimously adopted a new version that offers an incentive to districts willing to link […]