New York is going to start evaluating teachers in all subject fields, and test results will be part of their performance evaluations. This week, the teachers start getting trained in the new grading system.
There are 7.3 million teachers in America — among them are countless substitute teachers who haven't always been portrayed in the best light, but what subs do in their day-to-day work life is a lot more than most of us realize.
States across the country are trying to make it easier to fire ineffective teachers by changing the tenure process. But some people are still wondering… what does K-12 tenure mean?