A new report analyzing education policies that affect teacher quality gives Georgia a B-minus and says more work is needed to ensure teachers are prepared to teach core subjects like math and reading.
Georgia beat the average grade across all 50 states and the District of Columbia for 2015, which is a “C-minus”.
Education advocacy group the National Council on Teacher Quality released its annual State Teacher Policy Yearbook Tuesday. It includes analysis of every state law, rule and regulation that shapes the effectiveness of the teaching profession.
“Most states still have plenty of room for improvement, including Georgia, but on the whole the glass is really starting to look half full on states’ efforts to drive teacher effectiveness through smarter policy,” said Sandi Jacobs, the group’s senior vice president for state and district policy.
To learn more about how Georgia fares in the report, check out the story on Myajc.com.
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