St. Petersburg Times editorial: Teacher bill needs improvements
From the St. Petersburg Times editorial board: The Florida House is poised to ram through sweeping changes to employment rules for public school teachers this week without listening to critics or allowing any improvements to the legislation. The bill (SB 6), already approved by the Senate, would abolish tenure for future teachers and make high-stakes testing central to deciding whether teachers get raises or qualify for renewal of their teaching certificate. Florida needs to make it easier to reward the…