D.C. lawmakers are backing away from a plan to scrap evaluations for top-performing teachers who choose to transfer to the city’s most challenging schools, instead focusing on lavish bonuses and incentives such as housing credits.
Staff for D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown, who introduced the Highly Effective Teacher Incentive Act of 2011, said he is no longer pursuing a waiver of the evaluations because, after talks with D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson, both parties decided the decision should be left up to the school system.
