This is the Dec. 22 issue of the Manhattan parent newsletter.

This is the Dec. 22 issue of the Staten Island parent newsletter.

This is the Jan. 20 issue of the Staten Island parent newsletter.

Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña, UFT President Michael Mulgrew, and CSA Executive Vice President Mark Cannizzaro announced an agreement on new teacher and principal evaluations starting in the 2016–17 school year.

Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña, UFT President Michael Mulgrew, and CSA Executive Vice President Mark Cannizzaro announced an agreement on new teacher and principal evaluations starting in the 2016–17 school year.

Each Trump nominee for a cabinet post has a public record of opposing the work of the agency he or she would oversee or has a financial stake in business regulated by the agency.

Republicans have railed for years against federal intrusion in state government — and especially public education.

Learn about commonly used terms in evaluation and what they mean.

In the Measures of Teacher Practice component of the teacher evaluation system, teachers engage in a cycle of observation, feedback and reflection with their principal or other evaluator.

Students enter our classes at different levels of learning. That’s why teachers are evaluated on their students’ progress, rather than on passing rates, which cannot capture the good work we do with students.