A Republican legislator's plan for improving Missouri's teachers came under bipartisan attack Wednesday [Feb. 15] for being too vague and ineffective. The senator's bill would require each school district to create a system of evaluating teachers and its own standards for "instructional improvement."
Two senators from St. Louis County, Republican Jane Cunningham and Democrat Maria Chappelle-Nadal, said the legislation fails to establish a quantifiable standard for student performance. Cunningham said that without specifying what qualifies as "learning," a district could create lower standards than what the state requires.
Cunningham said the bill, sponsored by Rep. Brad Lager, R-Savannah, comes too late in an existing conversation. Chappelle-Nadal said schools in St. Louis County, where she serves on a school board, already have these practices.
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