The delegates approved two resolutions: one calling for the proper use of assessments to further education, and the other calling for the state Board of Regents to hold public hearings on the implementation of
the required changes to the teacher evaluation system.
Not exact matches
Requiring that college students have higher grade point averages in order
to become
teachers, eliminating
teacher tenure and linking a
teacher's
evaluation and their job status
to statistical
changes in Connecticut's standardized tests is not Education Reform — nor are the expanding efforts
to «privatize» our Constitutionally mandated public education
system.
Beyond that, the strike is based on union discontent with sensible policy
changes — including the
teacher evaluation system required by Illinois law — that are increasingly popular across the country and are unlikely
to be rolled back, no matter how long the union stays out.