Summary
New York State Education Commissioner John B. King Jr. recently notified the Buffalo Public Schools that the state would be suspending School Improvement Grant funding to the district due to the failure of the unions and district to come to a sufficient agreement on how to implement a new teacher evaluation plan.
The district was awarded almost $9 million in funds to reform six schools; the district also has applications pending for seven more schools. To qualify for these funds, the school district must submit a reform plan for each school. The school district must also demonstrate compliance with state reform efforts, including reaching agreement with local teacher and administrator unions to establish a new "annual professional performance review" system.See the full content of this document
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Teacher Evaluations Benefit Students and Instructors
The review system must weigh objective, student performance- based data in addition to traditional, observation...
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