ESEA Waivers and Teacher-Evaluation Plans State Oversight of District-Designed Teacher-Evaluation Systems. According to ESEA waivers, many states allow school districts’ discretion in the design ...

Among all black teachers — regardless if they have been evaluated or not — 68, or 5.9 percent, are on one of the plans; among white teachers, 53, or 1.8 percent, have a plan; and among ...

A controversial federal plan to track new teachers drew new support at the last minute, setting up a showdown with traditionalists. WSJ's Joe Barrett reports. Photo: Getty A coalition of teacher ...

The system is also expensive: The amount of bonus money paid out to teachers has steadily increased as evaluation scores have improved, jumping from $3.2 million in 2009-10 to $8.1 million last ...

Fifteen percent would be devoted to "planning and professionalism," determined by a teacher's use of data to plan lessons and preparation for a lesson, and a final 5% devoted to how a teacher ...

To earn extra money, many teachers around the country are selling lesson plans via online marketplaces. But as such sites become more popular, there are also concerns, including who legally owns ...

Houston ISD plans to use the state-approved teacher appraisal system to ... 40% of a teachers’ evaluation was based on ... such as incorporating regimented timers into the classroom lesson, ...

More than 300 Long Island public school principals, from about two-thirds of the districts in Nassau and Suffolk counties have united against the state's evaluation system that links teacher ...

The state would post evaluation information online, but redact teachers' names. Sign up for the NewsdayTV newsletter From breaking news to special features and documentaries, the NewsdayTV team is ...