NYC MAYOR'S BUDGET SEEKS TO LAY OFF 5% OF TEACHERS + LOOMING LAY OFFS AT SCHOOLS IMPERIL BLOOMBERG'S LEGACY Mayor’s Budget Seeks to Lay Off 5% of Teachers By DAVID W. CHEN and JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ | http://nyti.ms/mcsuGS Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg presenting his budget on Friday at City Hall. The spending plan called for laying off 5,400 city workers. Pool ...
TEACHERS UNION CHALLENGES L.A. UNIFIEDS NEW EVALUATION PROCESS: UTLA says the district did not "engage in good faith negotiation" over a new teacher evaluation system that includes use of student test scores. L.A. Unified is seeking volunteers to test the system. By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/kOy2ij United Teachers Los Angeles president A.J. Duffy addresses the Crescendo Schools board of directors on March 4. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) May 8, 2011 - The union representing ...
