Teachers want moratorium on layoffs and a new evaluation system
Los Angeles teachers have approved a much-watched initiative that calls for a moratorium on layoffs as well as a new teacher-evaluation system.
Organizers of the initiative, which passed with 56% of the vote, immediately hailed the results as suggesting that teachers were willing to accept student test scores as part of a new evaluation system.
“Teachers will now take the lead on ending the destructive cycle of layoffs and developing a rigorous evaluation system based on multiple measures, including the careful use of student test data,” according to statement released Saturday by the group Teachers for a New Unionism.
The initiative itself does not mention using test data at all.
United Teachers Los Angeles president Warren Fletcher decided to endorse the initiative. No ballot opposition statement was submitted. Fletcher has consistently opposed using student standardized test scores as a
Organizers of the initiative, which passed with 56% of the vote, immediately hailed the results as suggesting that teachers were willing to accept student test scores as part of a new evaluation system.
“Teachers will now take the lead on ending the destructive cycle of layoffs and developing a rigorous evaluation system based on multiple measures, including the careful use of student test data,” according to statement released Saturday by the group Teachers for a New Unionism.
The initiative itself does not mention using test data at all.
United Teachers Los Angeles president Warren Fletcher decided to endorse the initiative. No ballot opposition statement was submitted. Fletcher has consistently opposed using student standardized test scores as a
Union accepts district assurance that teachers can return to Miramonte
The Los Angeles teachers union has backed off from its claim that teachers transferred from Miramonte Elementary School won’t be allowed to return upon completion of an investigation into alleged child abuse.
The union, United Teachers Los Angeles, had said Thursday that it was planning to file grievances to protect the rights and reputations of teachers who have done nothing wrong.
L.A. schools Supt. John Deasy quickly responded that innocent Miramonte teachers would have the opportunity to return. And the union, for now, has accepted this assurance in an undated statement posted on its website.
The back-and-forth follows Deasy’s announcement Monday that he was temporarily replacing the entire staff of