Teachers or 'widgets'?

Teaching class
Bob Schneider teaches an eMath course at Edina High School.
MPR Photo/Tom Weber

Effective teachers are the key to student success. Yet school systems treat all teachers as interchangeable parts, not professionals, according to The New Teacher Project, an organization dedicated to changing the way teachers' performance is evaluated.

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