Urged on by the Cleveland Teachers' Union, hundreds of educators from across the district packed a school board meeting last night to protest changes aimed at some of the city's worst performing schools. StateImpact Ohio's Amy Hansen was there.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District wants to update the "Corrective Action Plans" aimed at boosting academic progress at 23 of the city's worst performing schools.
The changes include specific demands on teachers, such as filing lesson plans with principals and increasing communication with parents.
The administration says revamping the rules will help speed up academic improvement at the struggling schools.
But the old plans were put in place just two years ago, and many educators---including special education teacher Tina Eaton--say that's too much pressure and not enough time to truly measure improvement.
"As the district invents plan, after plan, after plan, and increasingly puts more undo blame on teachers, we will continue to fail," Eaton said to cheers.
Board members didn't publicly respond to the educators' comments at the meeting, and there's no date set to vote on the revised action plans.