The upshot is a group of workers who perceive a relatively persistent assault on their status, and who occasionally rise up in response. Newsletter Sign Up Continue reading the main story Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box. “There has been a decade, two decades of bipartisan attempts to reform education that left out teachers,” Professor Bruno, the labor-relations expert, said. And teachers across the country bemoan the rise of merit-based pay incentives and the growing use of standardized test scores for their evaluations. Ed Allen, president of the local teachers’ union in Oklahoma City, said there were about 2,000 emergency certified teachers in the state, exempted from traditional certification requirements to fill staff shortages.

Source: New York Times March 26, 2018 00:45 UTC