Published Online: April 13, 2015
Published in Print: April 15, 2015, as N.Y. Budget Accord Seeks to Tighten Rules On Teacher Quality
N.Y. Budget Accord Seeks to Tighten Rules on Teacher Quality
Supporters of public education rally at the New York State Capitol on March 26, 2015, in Albany, N.Y. Lawmakers ultimately included several of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposals to tie increases in school spending to revisions to teacher evaluation in a recently passed 2015-16 budget bill.
—Photo by Mike Groll/AP
Evaluation, tenure systems revamped
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Comments A last-minute budget deal in New York will have major implications for how the state's teachers are trained, evaluated, and granted tenure—even as many of its implications for the 200,000-plus-member teaching force still have to be worked out.
The bill, approved by the legislature March 31, represents a win on some levels for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who had sought to tighten the reins on teacher-quality policies. It does away with much local flexibility on teacher evaluation, centralizing at the state level key elements of how teachers will be graded.
Gov. Cuomo, a Democrat, has praised...
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