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• Should There Be a Bar Exam for Teachers?
• Ontario government approves labor deals with some teachers
• Exclusive: Michelle Rhee Takes Aim at Teacher Tenure
• Va. higher ed council seeks additional $109M
• Are Schools Setting Achievement Goals Based on a Student's Race?
• Is It Possible to Grade Teachers On How Much They Inspire?

Should There Be a Bar Exam for Teachers? Posted: 20 Nov 2012 02:43 PM PST Eager law school graduates are tasked with taking the dreaded bar exam before they practice law. What do you suppose would happen if there was a similar test for teachers?

Ontario government approves labor deals with some teachers Posted: 20 Nov 2012 12:05 PM PST TORONTO (Reuters) - Ontario's government said on Tuesday it has approved tentative deals between two major school boards and their teachers that freeze wages, the second major labor agreement between the province and its workers in the past week. The deals are part of a broader push by ruling Liberals to curb the budget deficit of Canada's most populous province by capping the pay of doctors, teachers and civil servants. ...

Exclusive: Michelle Rhee Takes Aim at Teacher Tenure Posted: 20 Nov 2012 09:47 AM PST When Michelle Rhee was the chancellor of Washington, D.C. public schools in 2008, she was convinced that tenure was hurting her students. Back then, she told The New York Times: "Tenure is the holy grail of teacher unions but has no educational value for kids; it only benefits adults. If we can put veteran teachers who have tenure in a position where they don't have it, that would help us to radically increase our teacher quality. And maybe other districts would try it, too."

Va. higher ed council seeks additional $109M Posted: 20 Nov 2012 05:12 AM PST The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia on Monday approved budget recommendations that ask for an additional $109 million, in part to help pay for a 2 percent salary increase for faculty.

Are Schools Setting Achievement Goals Based on a Student's Race? Posted: 20 Nov 2012 03:57 AM PST It would be tough to find a slope that's potentially more slippery than this one: public schools setting different achievement expectations for students based on their race and ethnicity.

Is It Possible to Grade Teachers On How Much They Inspire? Posted: 19 Nov 2012 10:57 AM PST I grew up hearing my father talk about his treks to a one-room schoolhouse in Aiken, SC. Those seven-mile walks, verified by the car odometer, were mitigated because he loved his teacher and couldn't wait to sit in her classroom. She inspired him to learn, and her encouragement propelled him to go to college at the age of 15.

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