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Teacher Reform is sweeping the nation and Indiana is deep in the movement.  IPE does not take sides on political issues.  Rather, we provide you with the facts and let you, our valued member, make your own decision.  Getting information in your school environment can be certainly biased and one sided to protect the interests of your local teacher unions so please feel free to browse the news, articles and links provided here for you to make an informed decision.

Nationwide News on Educational Reform, Teacher Evaluations, Seniority, Compensation, Student assessment

Alabama:   Improving teacher technology skills

Arizona:     Bill expands Private School Tax Credits

California:  California teacher strike amid concessions 

                    Parent Trigger Law Troubles

                   L.A. Schools move away from seniority based layoffs

Colorado:    Teacher Tenure Bill signed into Law

                    Colorado proposes legislation for teacher evaluations and tenure

                    Colorado launches teacher performance pay

                     Teacher tenure & Eval passes House Ed Committee      

                    Teacher Evals to Student Growth     

                     AFT backs Colorado's Ed Reform Bill                    

Florida:       Teacher merit pay becomes law 

                   Florida student enrollment up, cuts budget

                   Senate seeks to take away School Board Members pay

Illinois:       Chicago teachers sold out by their own union?

                  Illinois seeks private donations to implement public school reforms

INDIANA:     Education Reform clears two hurdles

                   Michelle Rhee champions Educational Reform in Indianapolis

                  Truth about Indiana's education agenda

                  Model evaluation rubrics

                 Your role in the legislative process

                  Lawmakers work on teacher merit pay

                  Hoosier students improving on national AP testing

Kentucky:    Schools overhauled by replacing teachers and principals

Louisiana:   Louisiana bill to evaluate teachers on value added assessments  

Maryland:  Maryland considers teacher evals linked to student performance  

Massachusetts: Student MCAS Results to judge Teacher and Administrator Performance

Minnesota:  Alternative Teacher licensure

New Jersey:  New Jersey task force recommends rubric for teacher evaluations

                     Governor wants to eliminate ineffective teachers by removing tenure

                     Teacher reform included in packet of education proposals

New York:    New Yorkers oppose seniority layoffs

                    NY Teacher unions ok pay linked to scores

                  Senate approves bill to end teacher seniority protections

                   Judge okays release of teacher performance reports               

Ohio:          Ohio mandates teacher merit pay

                  Teacher seniority under fire

                   Ohio & Wisconsin new labor laws challenged

                  Ohio considers giving parents power to overhaul failing schools

Oklahoma:  Oklahoma makes it easier to fire teachers

Oregon:      Oregon's Vision:  Race to the Top

Pennsylvania:  Pennsylvania debates proposed teacher layoffs

                    Advocates step up efforts for school vouchers

Tennessee: Tennessee making it tougher for teachers to earn tenure   

                    Tennessee pushes to end collective bargaining

Texas:         Texas TAP, Teacher Eval Program  

Utah:           District develops effective teacher evaluation

Virginia:      Virginia school board approves merit-pay plan

                    Teacher merit pay launched in Virginia Schools

Washington:  Pilot Program to Evaluate Teachers & Principals

Washington, D.C.:   New Teacher Evaluations Piloted     

West Virginia:  Teacher groups on the defense amid reform

Wisconsin:     Milwaukee voucher students more likely to graduate

 

 

Alternatives to teacher tenure

Where do teacher unions fit in with Educational Reform?

Using value Added Measures to Evaluate Teachers

The real qualities of teacher excellence

U.S. Urged to elevate teacher status

States seek to curb collective bargaining

Union Standoffs frame debate over bettering schools

Sweeping Layoffs Loom Nationwide

AFT proposes plans to overhaul teacher dismissal process

More states move to eliminate teacher tenure