States Continue Push to Toughen Teacher Policies
Changes afoot for evaluation, tenure, and collective bargaining
As the majority of legislative sessions around the country come to a close, many states will finish the season having pushed through policy changes that are likely to have a notable impact on teachers.
Building on the momentum from the previous two years, in which lawmakers began aggressively pursuing teacher-related reforms, about a dozen states passed laws since January that curb or otherwise modify teacher tenure, teacher evaluations, last-in-first-out policies, and collective bargaining. And several more states are on the verge of passing similar laws as they wrap up their legislative sessions.
Jennifer Dounay Zinth, a senior policy analyst at the Denver-based Education Commission of the States , which has been tracking the legislation closely, said the protracted interest in revamping the teaching profession amounts...
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