Ed reformers eye jobs bill as vehicle for change

05-05-2010

By Eliza Krigman/National Journal

Two prominent education groups are lobbying for a pending education jobs bill to include teacher tenure reform. "If we want to improve teacher effectiveness, we have to make it count," said Timothy Daly, president of the New Teacher Project. "Ignoring performance when it comes to high-impact decisions like layoffs sends the message that we aren't really serious about putting a great teacher in every classroom." Nationwide, most schools make teacher layoff decisions based on seniority, a system dubbed "last-hired, first-fired" by critics. The New Teacher Project and the Education Trust advocate for using criteria that gauge teacher effectiveness, instead of relying solely on seniority, to make staffing cuts. (more...)

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