Unions Assail Teacher Ideas in NCLB Draft
Rep. Miller says NEA, AFT had endorsed similar pay proposals.
The two national teachers’ unions mounted a vigorous lobbying campaign this week to rewrite language linking teacher bonuses to student test scores and other incentive-pay provisions contained in a draft bill for reauthorizing the No Child Left Behind Act.
Members of the National Education Association
circulated in the halls of Congress on
Sept. 10 while the House Education
and Labor Committee
held a six-hour hearing on
the panel’s draft of a bill to
reauthorize the 5½-year-old
education law
The day’s events demonstrated the difficulties lawmakers face in forging a consensus on the future of the law. Interest groups as diverse as teachers’ unions and business leaders disagree on fundamental issues such as teacher pay, student accountability, and other central...
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