What Should Happen Next for Teacher Evaluations
A New York State debate over a high quality teacher evaluation system prompts a push to shift the implementation date from September 2015 to September 2016. Lawmakers should set milestones, model districts, and ensure training and staffing are built into the plan for a calm, constructive, student‑focused rollout.
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State Department of Education
Andrew Cuomo
Board of Regents
Massachusetts
New York
Community urges tough votes for school board in May
A district wide plea urges voters to back two seats on the school board on May 19. Incumbents Lynda Sereno and Tom De Castro seek another term as Hoefer runs again amid calls for change. The message stresses fiscally responsible leadership and quality education for every child.
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Board of Education
Niagara Mohawk
Ucation
Lynda Sereno
Tom de Castro
Hoefer
Trade debate reshapes national politics in Washington
The White House fights for fast-track authority on the TPP as Democrats and Republicans shift. Obama clashes with ally senators while Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren mobilize opposition. The debate exposes a new partisan realignment, with labor and GOP primary voters skeptical of trade deals and shaping the 2016 landscape.
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Senate
United States
Barack Obama
Washington
Capitol Hill
Obama
Hillary Rodham Clinton
NAFTA
Bill Clinton
New Life
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Canada
Japan
Vietnam
China
TPP
Marco Rubio
Florida
Ted Cruz
Texas
Rand Paul
Kentucky
Paul
Wall Street Journal
NBC News
Jeb Bush
James K. Polk
Theodore Roosevelt
Clinton
New Hampshire
Rubio
Cruz
Sen
Elizabeth Warren
Massachusetts
Journal/NBC
Warren
David M. Shribman
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Post-Gazette
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Post-Gazette.com
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Notable events on May 18 in history
May 18 marks a series of historical milestones: Mount St Helens eruption in 1980 with 57 fatalities or missing, Montreal founded in 1642, Plessy v Ferguson in 1896 upholding separate but equal, Halley’s Comet near Earth in 1910, Aimee Semple McPherson disappearance in 1926, TVA creation in 1933, Lindbergh Act in 1934, Monte Cassino victory in 1944, Cochran breaking the sound barrier in 1953, Apollo 10 launch in 1969, Cox named Watergate prosecutor in 1973, deaths of Alexander Godunov and Elizabeth Montgomery in 1995, Bush backing Egypt reforms in 2005, Salazar remarks on offshore drilling in 2010, 18 killed in Afghanistan attack, AT&T DirectTV deal in 2014, and a Fred Allen quote.
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Plessy
Tennessee Valley Authority
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Monte Cassino
Italy
Jacqueline Cochran
Rogers Dry Lake
Calif
Eugene A. Cernan
Thomas P. Stafford
John W. Young
Moon
Harvard Law
Archibald Cox
Watergate
U.S
Elliot Richardson
Alexander Godunov
West Hollywood
California
Elizabeth Montgomery
Los Angeles
George W. Bush
Egypt
Ahmed Nazier
White House
Ken Salazar
Gulf of Mexico
Afghanistan
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Associated Press
Mount St. Helens
Washington State
Montreal
Fred Allen
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