The deal on teacher evaluations reached in NY State is a VERY big deal, which is rightly being celebrated on the front page of today's NYT (see below) and in a NYT editorial (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/17/opinion/a-sound-deal-on-teacher-evaluations.html), as well as in articles and editorials in the WSJ, NY Daily News and elsewhere (see http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/cuomo-teacher-evaluation-deal-a-big-win-schoolchildren-article-1.1024179,  http://professional.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204792404577227350172243494.html, and http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/path-teacher-evaluation-article-1.1022548).  Here's DFER's Joe Williams's take in today's NY Daily News:

On teacher evaluations, the reformers win

Learning six lessons from this big deal

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By Joe Williams / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Friday, February 17, 2012, 4:35 AM

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/teacher-evaluations-reformers-win-article-1.1024106#ixzz1mdwen1HR

Gov. Cuomo scored a major victory for reform.