One thing Congress didn't get done during its lame duck session was to end the long-running practice of not telling low-income parents that their children aren't getting highly qualified teachers -- this despite an October court decision denouncing the practice. To be fair, Congress has been ducking this issue since 2004, ostensibly at the behest of TFA and other alt cert providers who don't want their members unfairly stigmatized by being, well, unqualified. Changing that practice now would "cause
