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For the Record: Special education teacher evaluation May 07, 2012 By: Rebecca Harris When CPS unveiled its new teacher evaluation system, one question was still unanswered: How would the new evaluations—which by law must take student test scores into account—affect special education students and their teachers? Read More \| (7) Comments	In the News: Digging into teacher evaluations April 18, 2012 By: Cassandra West Teacher effectiveness expert Charlotte Danielson and the Urban Education Institute's Sara Ray Stoelinga were at Julian Middle School in Oak Park last night to talk to teachers, administrators, school board members and parents about making teacher evaluations meaningful as districts around the state begin implementing their new systems. Read More \| (0) Comments
In the News: CPS moves fuel teacher 'angst' April 05, 2012 By: Cassandra West Chicago Teachers Union will hold a news conference this morning to discuss "the growing angst among thousands of teachers and paraprofessionals due to schools’ CEO Jean-Claude Brizard’s and the Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s troubling education agenda that will have an adverse impact on students," according to a press release issued Wednesday afternoon. Read More \| (6) Comments	CPS to roll out new teacher evaluations March 30, 2012 By: Rebecca Harris and Sarah Karp CPS officials called the unveiling of a new teacher evaluation system a “historic opportunity” and said they were surprised that Chicago Teachers Union leadership wouldn’t stand with them in support. Read More \| (9) Comments
CPS to announce new teacher evaluations, says union March 29, 2012 By: Rebecca Harris Catalyst Chicago has posted an updated version of this story. View it by clicking here. CPS officials are expected to announce the district's new teacher evaluation system Friday, including a plan for incorporating test scores as part of evaluations, Chicago Teachers Union negotiators said Thursday night. Read More \| (4) Comments	Ed Week: Access to Teacher Evaluations Divides Advocates March 29, 2012 By: Stephen Sawchuk / Education Week As the movement to overhaul teacher evaluation marches onward, an emerging question is splitting the swath of advocates who support the new tools used to gauge teacher performance: Who should get access to the resulting information? Read More \| (0) Comments
A principal gives thumbs-up to Danielson framework March 29, 2012 By: Lauren Norwood As principals, one of our many duties is to build teacher practice as well as evaluate it. Read More \| (8) Comments	In the News: CPS facing $700 million budget deficit March 28, 2012 By: Cassandra West Despite severe cost cutting, scores of layoffs and wholesale restructuring last year, Chicago Public Schools faces a budget deficit estimated at $600 million to $700 million in 2013, with the cost of a longer school day still unknown, the Tribune reported officials said. Read More \| (2) Comments
In the News: CPS teacher evaluation called 'flawed' March 27, 2012 By: Cassandra West A group of education policy and research academics called on Mayor Rahm Emanuel Monday to hold off on the widespread implementation of a new teacher evaluation system, and instead introduce the system through smaller pilot programs that would help determine how much of a teacher’s assessment should be based on student achievement. (Tribune) Read More \| (1) Comments

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