"In a seller's market, it is simply not feasible to require teachers to work where they will not go".
The new academic standards adopted by a majority of the states, with the administration's encouragement, already will require teachers to rewrite many of their lessons.
Meanwhile, the Education Department will require teachers to reapply for their jobs, and those.who do not make the cut will be replaced.
System administrators will be able to remove the entire staff at a failing school and require teachers to reapply for their jobs.
Staff or professional development days require teachers to go to their schools and spend collegial time discussing and upgrading teaching techniques.
There are well-researched assessment systems that look at students comprehensively, including their nonacademic abilities, but they require teachers to be extensively trained in their use.
He said he would require teachers to pass a test in the subjects they teach or to have majored in that area.
Beginning in February 2004, the state's Education Department will require teachers to complete 175 hours of professional development courses every five years.
She says it is "totally crazy" of the government to require teachers to retire at 66 in 2020, and then at 68 later on.
Legislation before the Assembly Education Committee would require teachers to instruct their students on proper techniques for choosing, packing, lifting and wearing a backpack.
The new tests, which in theory will immediately identify for teachers the concepts students have not yet learned, will require teachers to adapt classroom instruction to make use of the testing results.
