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Education Roundup: Teachers Unions, States Clash Over Evaluation Systems - High School Notes (usnews.com)

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Education Roundup: Teachers Unions, States Clash Over Evaluation Systems

January 6, 2012 RSS Feed Print

Welcome to the High School Notes weekly roundup of education news. Every Friday, you'll find out what's making headlines around the Web.

Teacher evaluations and tenure

The new year has started off much the same way 2011 ended—with some vicious battles between teachers' unions and state governments. New York's government suspended funding for 10 school districts—including New York City, which stands to lose up to $60 million—because those districts and local teachers unions couldn't agree on an evaluation system for educators.