Legislation before the Georgia General Assembly gives principals more say over teacher job reviews, but there’s one big problem: few principals are doing a good job themselves.

Nearly half rated “needs development” or worse last year, and state lawmakers are troubled by the training that would be required to get them up to speed.

Legislation reduces the weight of student test results in teacher job reviews, potentially giving principals and other school leaders, who already wield significant influence over those reviews, even more say.

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