Federal Government's Role In Grading Teachers At Center Of Legislative Fight

Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) shifted a major teacher evaluation requirement out of his rewrite of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act -- known as No Child Left Behind -- over the weekend, shifting the dynamics of the debate over the bill's passage.
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