When a couple of good teachers commited suicide because of the times printing the list.

While I sympathize with the teachers, bureaucrats just don't get to rewrite the rules when they want to.

Get the state to change the law...

I am surprised that they have not.

because of all their political pull.

YMMV in your locale

Each school has aggregate data for their test scores and that should be enough.

The media cannot demand performance evaluations of every person who happens to be a public employee. Next thing you know they'd be able to look into people's tax returns, or other details of their personal life.

This would not set a good precedent.

Welcome to being a public employee

Even if LAUSD wasn't suing the times, maybe UTLA would. Or at least Rigoberto Ruelas' family.

I had to reread the headline to realize what it actually said. Horrifying.

needs to file a counter-suit ASAP.

In my opinion.

How does public humiliation of teachers benefit students? Does it make teachers work harder? Nope. Teachers already work hard because they take their jobs seriously and care about their students deeply. So while newspapers such as these may shed light on the ineffective teachers, think of how many effective teachers are taunted by the prospect of having their names slandered for all to see. This does not benefit our children. It just makes it more difficult and more stressful to teach them.