A $64.5 billion shortfall needs full-scale reform. An investment banker in California says revenue from Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed tax initiative must go toward teachers’ pensions, as the state’s retirement system is in big trouble. But as Education Sector’s Sarah Rosenberg pointed out last month, there’s a better way out. (Intercepts)
Beyond the teacher licensure exam. Illinois teachers-to-be will soon have to produce a portfolio of their work, including a video observation of one of their lessons, to earn a teaching credential. (Catalyst Chicago)
Coaching teachers. An experienced Philadelphia teacher talks about her own hesitation and reluctance to invite a teaching coach into her classroom, and how, in the end, it turned out to be a fruitful partnership that empowered her work. (Impatient Optimists)
See parents sue. Boy signs “Academic Honesty Pledge.” Boy copies a peer’s homework assignment, violating pledge. Boy is dismissed from honors class, as stipulated in pledge. Parents sue. (Palo Alto Daily News)
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