La. study suggests rookies can match veterans’ results.
Education Week
Published Online: October 26, 2007
Published in Print: October 31, 2007
By Vaishali Honawar
A study that scrutinizes 22 teacher-preparation programs in Louisiana (click here to view report) says that it is possible to prepare new teachers who are as effective as, or sometimes more effective than, their experienced colleagues.
Experts [...]

SUE HAGAN
Thursday, October 25, 2007
This Week News
More tax revenue than expected and fewer students leaving for charter or private schools have improved the financial bottom line for Columbus City Schools. That allows for the possibility of closing part of the food service department deficit and may affect how large the next operating levy will be.
The [...]

State begins hearings on teacher discipline  
Wednesday,  October 24, 2007 3:36 AM
 By Jennifer Smith Richards
The Columbus Dispatch
Ohio’s educator-discipline system must get tougher, state school leaders told lawmakers yesterday at a House Education Committee hearing.
Superintendent Susan T. Zelman vowed to give the public greater access to teachers’ disciplinary records. And the State Board of Education [...]

Teacher-misconduct system to become more transparent
Friday,  October 19, 2007
By Jill Riepenhoff and Jennifer Smith Richards
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
On the board
The State Board of Education has 19 members who create policy, make recommendations and hire the state superintendent. Eleven of them are elected, and the rest are appointed by the governor.
They meet each month [...]

By ELISSA GOOTMAN
October 18, 2007
The New York Times
The Bloomberg administration and the New York City teachers’ union announced an agreement yesterday on a plan that would give teachers bonuses based largely on the overall test scores of students at schools that have high concentrations of poor children.
The plan, negotiated for months, is a major breakthrough [...]