Educator effectiveness bill becomes law
Before Gov. Bill Ritter signed into law an overhaul of Colorado’s teacher evaluation system, he reached out to educators who fought to kill it.Video.
Before Gov. Bill Ritter signed into law an overhaul of Colorado’s teacher evaluation system, he reached out to educators who fought to kill it.Video.
The Senate voted 27-8 Wednesday afternoon to re-pass Senate Bill 10-191, the educator effectiveness bill, after accepting House amendments.
The educator evaluation and tenure bill was approved by the House Education Committee on a 7-6 vote early Friday morning.
The Senate voted 21-14 Friday morning to pass Senate Bill 10-191, the educator evaluation and tenure bill. Seven Democrats and 14 Republicans supported the bill; 14 Democrats voted no.
Senate Bill 10-191, the controversial educator evaluation and tenure bill, was passed 7-1 Friday afternoon by the Senate Education Committee.
Four reform-minded superintendents and former Denver Mayor Federico Peña headlined the witnesses supporting Senate Bill 10-191 in testimony before the Senate Education Committee Thursday afternoon.
Just what does the Colorado Education Association want in a teacher evaluation system? Members of the Senate Education Committee kept raising that question in different forms Wednesday.
Proposed amendments to the educator effectiveness bill would lengthen the rollout time for a new system, putting off full implementation until 2014-15.
The State Board of Education Wednesday unanimously endorsed Senate Bill 10-191, the bipartisan proposal to reform teacher and principal evaluation and teacher tenure.
The statewide teachers’ union, angry over comments by the state’s education commissioner, is withholding support for Race to the Top