A new public school teacher in North Dakota works for a year on probation before getting job security. For a teacher in Missouri, it's five years.It's just one example of how policies affecting the teaching profession vary from state to state, according to a report by the National Council on Teacher Quality, a private group in Washington.
Just as the federal No Child Left Behind education law is being rewritten on Capitol Hill, state laws nationwide need reworking, the non-partisan group says.
"For the most part the current system is a mix of broken, counterproductive and anachronistic policies in need of an overhaul," says the report, which summarizes each state's laws and regulations affecting teachers. The report is scheduled for release Wednesday.
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