A $40M boost for better teachers (St. Paul Pioneer Press)

Noted: The Bush Foundation is partnering with the University of Wisconsin-Madisonâ??s Value-Added Research Center to evaluate teachers based on student performance. “Bush is pushing us in a new territory, because we havenâ??t really done value-added assessment for teachers,” said Chris Thorn, the centerâ??s associate director. “Theyâ??re pushing all of the teacher-prep programs into issuing a warranty for the teachers they produce. They want these institutions to make sure that their teachers are good.”