There are 10 NCLB provisions (DOC) U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will consider waiving, among them the 2013 — 14 100 percent proficiency deadline, the sanctions for low - performing schools, the 20 percent set - aside for school choice and tutoring, and highly qualified teacher improvement plans. (ascd.org)
New York teachers are suing the state over new regulations that allow superintendents to impose teacher improvement plans on underperforming teachers without negotiating them with their union first. (nystateofpolitics.com)
Teachers rated developing are also forced to endure the humiliation of Teacher Improvement Plans and there is no way to challenge a developing rating. (morecaucusnyc.org)