• The Arizona Education Association is threatening to sue over a state law that disallows seniority to be used in hiring and salary decisions, and would make it easier to remove ineffective teachers.
• California’s bill to position it for Race to the Top, which includes controversial provisions to allow students in poor-performing districts to transfer to other districts and a “parent trigger” to overhaul a school, passes the state Assembly.
A version of this news article first appeared in the Teacher Beat blog.
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