WASHINGTON (AP) — Tough new teacher evaluations led to a strike this month in Chicago, but in the District of Columbia, such evaluations are “business as usual.”
Comprehensive teacher evaluations that take into account student performance are a central part of President Barack Obama’s education policy and of the national school reform movement. They also were a major point of contention in the seven-day long Chicago teachers’ strike, which ended Tuesday.
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