Studies show that teachers of low-income, minority students get lower ratings on their evaluations. Just why that is remains an open question.

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Continuing a trend, Hawaii and Delaware data show an overwhelming majority of teachers meeting standards.

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A second Vergara-inspired lawsuit in New York takes aim at teacher tenure.

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The latest in a back-and-forth between The Los Angeles Times and the nation's second-largest district over access to teacher "value added" information.

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The National Education Association adopted policy formally proscribing the use of standardized tests in teachers' evaluations--a stronger stance than just three years earlier.

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The NEA voted to call for a moratorium on state takeovers of school districts, and on a myriad of other topics--not all related to education.

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With 94 percent of the vote going her way, Lily Eskelsen Garcia was elected president of the National Education Association today at the union's convention.

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Maryland, its unions, and administrators' groups vow to collaborate on the development of student academic-growth goals.

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Under new legislation, New York's teachers won't be penalized for low scores on the state test-score based portion of their evaluation in 2013-14 and 2014-15.

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D.C. won't use a test-score-based method for judging teachers in 2014-15.

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