Teacher evaluations—both their role and the mechanics of carrying them out—are a politically fraught subject, and the Every Student Succeeds Act has kicked the dust up once again as states wrestle ...

State laws should provide a definition of ineffective classroom performance that references: 1) ineffective instructional practice as observed through formal and informal evaluations, 2) a failure to ...

FARMINGTON -- State education officials are studying new federal guidelines intended to ensure schools with the greatest numbers of poor and minority students have equitable access to excellent ...

In an attempt to remedy the gap for disadvantaged students under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, each state is required to report whether disadvantaged students have less qualified teachers.

Intern teachers in programs like Teach for America who earn their preliminary credential while on the job will not have the scarlet letter of being labeled an “ineffective teacher” in California. In ...

Even after years of debate and litigation over teacher evaluations and tenure, California had no official definition of what constituted a bad educator — until now. Under the federal Every Student ...

Some states are setting tighter definitions and more concrete goals than others in their plans for finding the least effective teachers and making sure they’re not disproportionately serving poor and ...

HELENA – The Office of Public Instruction said earlier this week its definition of “ineffective teacher” has been approved by the U.S. Department of Education, which was required under the federal ...

In light of my experience and the continuing scandals – NSA/Prism and Lloyds PPI complaint handling – I have been reflecting-grappling with the leadership, accountability, and integrity. As such I ...