Report cites inconsistencies in states' policies on teachers

Policies on how teachers are evaluated, prepared, licensed and compensated—all factors that affect teaching quality—vary from state to state, according to a report by the National Council on Teacher Quality, a nonpartisan group in Washington. “For the most part the current system is a mix of broken, counterproductive and anachronistic policies in need of an overhaul,” says the report, which summarizes each state’s laws and regulations affecting teachers. The report was released June 27. Read the article or the full report at the National Council on Teacher Quality website.