Angry Fla teachers line up to testify against bill

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The Associated Press April 5, 2010, 5:30PM ET

They arrived early, found strength in numbers but shared a sense of futility, their legislative battle almost assuredly lost even before they awakened Monday.

But hundreds of Florida teachers gathered in the halls of the state Capitol anyway, lining up to testify before a House committee against a bill they believe could damage Florida's educational system and ruin many of their careers -- a bill that links teacher pay increases to student test scores and ends tenure for new teachers.

They carried signs and wore buttons: "Legislators Need to Do Their Homework" and "I teach, I vote." snip

Top Republican legislators, many business leaders and other proponents of the bills say teachers should be compensated and retained based largely on student performance, as measured by standardized tests. They say the time has come to make a radical change in the way teachers are evaluated and compensated.

ability to raise kids IMO before they are allowed to dump them on the school system.