NATIONAL:New Teacher-Evaluation Systems Face Obstacles (Education Week)
ALABAMA: Governor touts charter schools (Andalusia Star-News)
CALIFORNIA:
Guvinator will 'veto' Assembly-passed RttT reform bill (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Assembly passes reform bill (Los Angeles Times)
Editorial: 'Assembly failed California's schoolchildren' (San Jose Mercury News)
COLORADO: Educator evaluation changes focus of bill, Race (Denver Post)
DELAWARE: State targeting students at risk of dropping out (The News Journal)
FLORIDA:
State is a serious contender (Eduwonk)
Op-Ed: Ed commish calls Race 'a defining moment' for Florida's schools (Miami Herald)
School districts asked to line up for Race (St. Petersburg Times)
IDAHO: Community meetings focus on RttT (KPVI-TV)
ILLINOIS: Advance Illinois advances RttT blueprint (Catalyst Chicago)
KENTUCKY: State ed dept wil lseek authority to remove superintendents, school board members in struggling districts (Kentucky.com)
LOUISIANA: Controversy surrounds state's revamped RttT proposal (The Advocate - Baton Rouge)
Stronger focus on great teachers and school leaders (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
MARYLAND:
Fordham Foundation calls state 'biggest RttT disappointment' (Flypaper)
Gates Foundation denies state RttT planning support (Baltimore Sun)
State superintendent proposes teacher quality changes (Baltimore Sun)
MICHIGAN: Legislative efforts to strengthen state position in Race on-going (MLive.com)
NEW JERSEY: Outgoing, incoming guv camps scrap over timing of application (The Star-Ledger)
OKLAHOMA: Governor's Office seeks RttT input (The Oklahoman)
TENNESSEE: Governor promotes new partnership to promote math & science (AP)
WEST VIRGINIA: State board calls for RttT reforms (The Charleston Gazette)
WISCONSIN:
State superintendent seeks greater authority to intervene in struggling schools and districts (WisPolitics.com)
Editorial: Mayoral control of city schools the right approach (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
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