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  1. Re: Say No to Jindal's New Proposed Education "Reform"

    Test scores play a part, but observations are conducted by the administration and are relative to other teachers in the school.

    Key point is that improvement of test scores is a more important...
  2. Re: Say No to Jindal's New Proposed Education "Reform"

    Exactly.
  3. Re: Say No to Jindal's New Proposed Education "Reform"

    It's not about The manager being better than the worker. It's about the manager being incredibly impotent in the current system. They need the power to reward those who are effective and remove those...
  4. Re: Say No to Jindal's New Proposed Education "Reform"

    I am in the removing tenure camp.

    Schools with good leadership succeed.

    My answer is to give power to those who are closest to the battle: principles and superintendents. Principals especially...
  5. Re: Say No to Jindal's New Proposed Education "Reform"

    The "performance evaluation" Im talking about includes the test scores and formal observations. In either combination, it is an act of god to remove a teacher. Moreso if tenured, which one qualifies...
  6. Re: Say No to Jindal's New Proposed Education "Reform"

    Yes they do. But to a teacher with tenure, they are nearly meaningless.

    And I understand the test scores are tied to performance. If they were the entire equation I would have an issue, but they...
  7. Re: Say No to Jindal's New Proposed Education "Reform"

    Seriously guys,

    A teacher getting an observation that says "ineffective" doesn't come from an isolated incident. It's a process by which the administrator observes the growth or lack thereof of...
  8. Re: Say No to Jindal's New Proposed Education "Reform"

    I was a professor at Tech, my mother is a public school teacher, and my girlfriend is a public school teacher each in non-union districts.

    We all agree that the only thing that doesn't fly in...
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