Deal near on ‘secret’ teacher evaluations Last Updated: 6:29 AM, April 9, 2012 Posted: 12:45 AM, April 9, 2012
Fredric U. Dicker EXCLUSIVE Gov. Cuomo and state lawmakers are closing in on a deal to give parents full access to the new teacher-evaluation report cards, while banning their general release to the public, The Post has learned. The agreement, which could come within two weeks, would also guarantee that all teacher-performance statistics for every public school, including the percentage of teachers in high- and low- performance categories, would be made public, sources said. But still to be determined — and a major stumbling block — is whether there is a legal way to prevent parents from disclosing to the public the private performance evaluations they will receive in confidence.....................>>>>.............>>>>.................Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/l.....sMGCHN#ixzz1rjcvom5i
When someone is forced to pay school taxes even when they have no children in school they should have the right to know if their tax money is being put to good use.
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