Staying Connected
Here are recent media hits around developments in the EET initiative:
Districts Try Out Revamped Teacher-Pay Systems
Education Week
"A handful of districts, some with the approval of their local teachers' unions, are experimenting with alternatives to the fundamental components that govern teachers' base-pay raises." Read the article ...
Florida teachers brace for a new version of SB 6.
St. Pete Times.
"In the wake of Tuesday's election results, teachers across Florida are growing anxious that nothing can stop another version of Senate Bill 6, the controversial tenure reform measure that passed the Republican-dominated Legislature in the spring but was dramatically vetoed by Gov. Charlie Crist." Read the article ...
Departing D.C. schools chancellor Rhee offers tough advice in Tampa.
St. Pete Times.
"Call her a one-woman wrecking crew, a miracle worker, or the quintessential "mean girl" in American education reform. Call her what you want; Michelle Rhee doesn't mind." Read the article ...
Is Michelle Rhee's Revolution Over?
New York Times.
"Around the country, supporters of education reform - or at least of the test-scores-driven, tenure-busting, results-rewarding sort of reform epitomized by organizations like Teach for America and championed by Education Secretary Arne Duncan - gave a collective gasp of dismay last month when voters in a number of districts handed primary defeats to candidates closely associated with just this type of reform." Read the article ...
