Texas Notifies Parents Of Teachers' Shortcomings
Mailboxes across Texas have been filled this fall with letters notifying parents that their children are being taught by teachers who are either unlicensed or have emergency credentials.
A state law passed last springthe first of its kind in the nationrequires superintendents to disclose such information.
"Education's dirty little secret is out,'' said John Cole, the president of the 32,000-member Texas Federation of Teachers,which campaigned hard for the bill. "This is our own...
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