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LA schools panel pushes new teacher review system
- 03-18-2010
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Orange County Register
A task force eyeing ways to boost teacher effectiveness in the Los Angeles school district is recommending aggressive changes in the way teachers are evaluated, paid, hired and fired. The panel of about 50 people looked at a number of key issues involving the district's 32,000 teachers after forming last September. Several of its recommendations clashed with positions advocated by the union representing the teachers union. "We had some spirited debate on some days," said Drew Furedi, district policy and program development adviser. A.J. Duffy, president of United Teachers Los Angeles, did not return phone calls Tuesday seeking comment. (more...)
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