TN governor signs law to keep teachers' licenses from being revoked for student test scores.

[madfloridian]

That's some really good news out of Tennessee, and it's victory for the teachers' unions there. It's an especially good victory for teachers since the Education Commissioner is/was a VP of TFA, a former husband of Michelle Rhee (and works with her there in TN), and is a forceful education privatizer.

Haslam signs bill undoing controversial teacher license policy

Gov. Bill Haslam has signed into law a bill that will prevent student growth on tests from being used to revoke or not renew a teacher's license — undoing a controversial education policy his administration had advanced just last summer.

That marked a major repudiation of a policy the Tennessee Board of Education in August adopted — at Education Commissioner Kevin Huffman's recommendation — to link license renewal and advancement to a teacher's composite evaluation score as well as data collected from the Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System, which measures the learning gains of students.

The bill to reject the policy had been pushed chiefly by the Tennessee Education Association, the state's largest teachers' organization, which engineered a petition drive to encourage Haslam to sign the legislation despite it passing with large bipartisan support.

"Huge, huge win for teachers," the TEA wrote on its Twitter page, thanking both bill sponsors as well as Haslam for "treating teachers as professionals."

That is rare good news in the education wars. But it comes just as Arne Duncan acts like a horse's behind and treats Washington state like a naughty child.

for the Tennessee teachers and for the legislature and governor who repudiated the awful bill.

[Luminous Animal]

1. What the hell! This was even proposed?

[madfloridian]

3. I think it was passed.

Then I guess they woke up and saw what they had done when the teachers revolted.

[roguevalley]

9. Other states posed this and I think a midwest state has it

imagine, being responsible for this no matter how hard you teach. Some people really hated their teachers growing up. I would like to kick these people in their tiny balls.

[JoeyT]

11. Even hating your teachers isn't an excuse.

I loathed most of my teachers because I was a non-white atheist in an area where the vast majority of people are Klannish theocrats, and I support public school teachers.

[Fawke Em]

2. My TN House Rep is both a Democrat and a teacher.

I figured she probably sponsored this one, but she didn't.

I know she voted in favor of it.

[madfloridian]

4. Edited because she voted for the right bill.

[Fawke Em]

5. Thanks for your edit!

Last edited Mon Apr 28, 2014, 01:07 PM - Edit history (1)

She voted in favor of the bill to UNDO the link between teacher licenses and student scores.

Sorry if you misunderstood.

My state representative is a very liberal and good Democrat!

http://www.votegloriajohnson.com/

[madfloridian]

6. Thank you. I edited.

Thanks for letting me know.

[Starry Messenger]

7. k&r

[Fearless]

8. Just goes to show that education by corporation does not succeed...

Get the money out of education and you'll improve it 100 fold.

[madfloridian]

10. Agreed on that.