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Teacher Evaluations
April 11, 2019

How one district achieved a more collaborative labor-management partnership

San Jose Unified and its teachers union offer model for how to move from combat to collaboration, researcher says.

Joel Knudson
October 29, 2018

California school districts make new investments in teacher evaluation

San Juan Unified is one of the California school districts making investments in its teacher evaluation system. The district adopted a System of Professional Growth in 2016 that focuses on feedback and mentoring of teachers who are being evaluated.

Diana Lambert
June 8, 2017

Advocates of 3-year teacher tenure face big decision

The amended bill proposing longer probationary period clears the Assembly by a big margin but key provisions are left out.

John Fensterwald
May 24, 2016

Plaintiffs appeal Vergara decision and back legislative fix

The bill would mandate coaching for ineffective teachers and make it easier to fire them.

John Fensterwald
April 13, 2016

Districts, unions innovate to evaluate teachers

Researchers say San Juan, Poway and San Jose have made painstaking progress.

John Fensterwald
October 12, 2015

Gov. Brown signs, vetoes key education legislation in days before deadline

Among the new laws are changes for math placement and class instruction time.

EdSource staff
July 16, 2015

Students Matter sues districts over teacher evaluations

Lawsuit says districts must include test scores to measure effectiveness

John Fensterwald