Teachers Asked to Swallow Concessions to Get Pay Hikes

Education Week: Fiscally conservative politicians in states such as South Carolina, Texas, and West Virginia this year are telling teachers that in order to get the pay raises they've been clamoring for, they'll need to make some hard-to-swallow concessions.

Among them: allow for charter schools and vouchers, have teacher pay tied to test scores, let districts hire more noncertified teachers, and even have the powers of their union curtailed.

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