State: Some teacher eval plans don't need union OK
Photo credit: Steve Pfost | In this file photo, fifth grader Courtney Castleberry, 10, reads to the class with assistance from teacher Steven Ferretti at the Nassau Boces School in Bellmore. August 8, 2011
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The state Department of Education will allow school districts to submit written, nonelectronic teacher evaluation plans that are due July 1, without a local union leader's signature, school officials and attorneys said Friday after receiving a letter from the department's deputy counsel.
Officials in several Long Island districts had raised questions over what they said was Education Commissioner...
