Home Rule Dallas ISD Board Member Appointed To Texas Commissioner of Education By Gov. Abbott.

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http://www.texasaft.org/how-the-teacher-shortage-could-turn-into-a-crisis/?link_id=24&can_id=a47c772e8e396e7f786cd432ea9dda41&source=email-how-the-teacher-shortage-could-turn-into-a-crisis-2&email_referrer=how-the-teacher-shortage-could-turn-into-a-crisis-2&email_subject=how-the-teacher-shortage-could-turn-into-a-crisis
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The last 15 years have been marked by top-down education policies that promoted testing over teaching, competition over collaboration, austerity over investment, and scapegoating teachers rather than valuing them. The Every Student Succeeds Act, the new federal education law, moves us in the right direction, but past policies have left their mark.
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Testing Over Teaching:
http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/10/30/obama-regrets-taking-joy-out-teaching-and-learning-too-much-testing

Austerity Over Investment:
http://www.cbpp.org/research/state-budget-and-tax/most-states-have-cut-school-funding-and-some-continue-cutting

Scapegoating Teachers:
http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/09/the-war-on-teachers/379403/?link_id=12&can_id=a47c772e8e396e7f786cd432ea9dda41&source=email-how-the-teacher-shortage-could-turn-into-a-crisis-2&email_referrer=how-the-teacher-shortage-could-turn-into-a-crisis-2&email_subject=how-the-teacher-shortage-could-turn-into-a-crisis

How public law, Every Student Succeeds Act is in opposition to Texas Legislative support of tying student testing scores to teacher evaluations, is to be decided.
https://medium.com/school-house-voices/why-we-support-the-every-student-succeeds-act-
f1e65212fbd7#.qwc7lruqj

or http://tea.texas.gov/interiorpage_wide.aspx?id=25769825516