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CURMUDGUCATION: MA Committed to Chasing Teachers Away; by Peter Greene

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Can you believe what is the education news in Massachusetts? Teachers won't just be fired; they will lose their license to teach if students get low test scores. Peter Greene writes that there seems to be a contest among the states to see which one can be most hostile and punitive towards public school teachers. Is it North Carolina? Is it Tennessee? No, writes Greene, the state that is in the lead in this category is Massachusetts. Massachusetts, which leads the nation by far on federal tests of mathematics and reading, intends to adopt regulations that will take away a teacher's license if his or her students get low test scores. There are three proposed versions (A, B & C) of the new system, and they all share one piece of twisted DNA-- they link teacher evaluations to teacher licenses. Not pay level or continued employment in that particular school district-- but licensure

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