Yonkers teacher evaluation plan approved; $17M in state aid safe
Photo credit: Getty Images | A new budget, set to be enacted the week of March 25, 2013, dictates that school districts’ teacher-evaluation plans would roll over each year unless renegotiated. If district officials and teachers’ unions can’t reach a new agreement, the old one stays in effect. (June 16, 2006)
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The state Education Department on Monday approved the Yonkers teacher and principal evaluation plan, thereby securing some $17 million in school aid for the cash-strapped school district.
The battle between school administrators and the teachers union over a full contract and evaluation issues made Yonkers one of the last districts in the state to submit a plan.
As of Monday, just 35...
