Rise & Shine: State paying $50 per hour to review eval plans

By 
Geoff Decker
 | September 18, 2012, 11:20am UTC
  • In response to an expected logjam, the state is hiring educators to review district plans. (Times Union)
  • The city has followed through on few promises related to boosting teacher quality. (GothamSchools)
  • Newly-enforced metal detectors threaten to corrode a high school’s comfort zone. (Michael Powell)
  • After proficiency rates shot up 46 points last year, demand at P.S. 307 followed suit. (Daily News)
  • A higher salary helps, but just as important to teachers is an elevated profession status . (Joe Nocera)
  • Parents and students are tiring of closed schools the seven-days-and-counting strike. (WSJ, Tribune)
  • Times: Karen Lewis’ conduct during the strike has “inflamed” members and made a deal difficult.
  • Casting political risk aside, Rahm Emanuel has been in the middle of the Chicago standoff.  (Times)