Obama: Shutter failing schools and bring down the teacher 'firewall'

Nov 4th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times

Related content:

Reporting from Madison, Wis. - Declaring that there should be "no excuse for mediocrity" in public schools, President Obama this afternoon pledged to push for recruitment of better teachers, better pay for those who succeed and dismissal of those who let their students down.

When principals are trying to determine which teachers are doing well, he said, they should be able to consider student performance as part of the evaluation.

Read the whole story on Los Angeles Times or try our Toolbar
Bookmark and Share
blog comments powered by Disqus

Related stories:

  • Conoco to cut refinery rates due to margins

    Oct 28th, 2009 - Reuters

    NEW YORK, Oct 28 (Reuters) - ConocoPhillips (COP.N) said onWednesday it has no plans to shutter any refineries at thistime but will slash refinery utilization rates this quarter dueto weak profit margins.

More stories ...

Related videos from YouTube:

More videos ...

Google Search: