High-performing teachers should earn more pay, tenure should be more
difficult to achieve and teacher reviews should be tied to student test
scores, a Los Angeles school district panel is expected to recommend
Tuesday.
The proposals, aimed squarely at increasing the effectiveness of
teachers, would be the most far-reaching change in years in how the Los
Angeles Unified School District decides which teachers to promote and
retain.
If approved by the city’s Board of Education, the recommendations would
be among the most aggressive in the state, if not the nation. Employee
unions are expected to oppose some of the proposals, some of which
would have to be collectively bargained.
The task force was created by the board, by a narrow margin, shortly before The Times published a series of articles last May examining the difficulties in firing and evaluating teachers.
–Jason Song