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States struggle to keep top teachers
- 02-01-2010
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By Dorie Turner/USA Today
Most states are holding tight to policies that protect incompetent teachers and poor training programs, shortchanging educators and their students before new teachers even step into the classroom, according to a new national report card. The study from the National Council on Teacher Quality— being released Friday — paints a grim picture of how states handle everything from pay to discipline for public school teachers. States are using "broken, outdated and inflexible" policies that ultimately hurt how children learn, according to the report. In fact, even the top scoring state, Florida, received a C, with most states getting Ds or Fs. A handful of states — including Georgia, Texas and Louisiana — got a C-minus. "We think it's really a blueprint for reform," council vice president Sandi Jacobs said about the report, called the State Policy Teacher Yearbook. (more...)
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