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	<title>Comments on: Principal evaluation results stabilized with test scores last year</title>
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		<title>By: Ronald Glymph</title>
		<link>http://gothamschools.org/2012/05/25/principal-evaluation-results-stabilized-with-test-scores-last-year/comment-page-1/#comment-373514</link>
		<dc:creator>Ronald Glymph</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 21:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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If improving outcomes for students is the desired results,
school districts must change the way they teach students. Every teacher who has
completed an accredited teacher education program in the United States knows
that the instructional approaches used in most school districts are not
effective.  This is because the over-all
goal is to create A, B, C, D and F students. “ In other words winners and
losers”. What do you think would happen if every student learned, mastered and
excelled in all core disciplines? No one cares about the students who receive
Cs, Ds, and Fs, just as long as it isn&#039;t their child. All of the research on
learning tells us that students learn best in cooperative settings where
student are allowed to peer tutor and scaffold one another. These types of
learning experiences are kept to a minimum in most school districts. Every
student and every teacher is in constant competition rather than working
together to make sure that everyone learns. Now that student performance,
including test scores, are going to be considered when teachers and principals
are given job evaluations, maybe these so-called educators will reconsider
their instructional methods and practices. I hope that for the sake of students,
that school districts will begin using cooperative platforms to make access to
learning available to all students.


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<p>If improving outcomes for students is the desired results,<br />
school districts must change the way they teach students. Every teacher who has<br />
completed an accredited teacher education program in the United States knows<br />
that the instructional approaches used in most school districts are not<br />
effective.  This is because the over-all<br />
goal is to create A, B, C, D and F students. “ In other words winners and<br />
losers”. What do you think would happen if every student learned, mastered and<br />
excelled in all core disciplines? No one cares about the students who receive<br />
Cs, Ds, and Fs, just as long as it isn&#8217;t their child. All of the research on<br />
learning tells us that students learn best in cooperative settings where<br />
student are allowed to peer tutor and scaffold one another. These types of<br />
learning experiences are kept to a minimum in most school districts. Every<br />
student and every teacher is in constant competition rather than working<br />
together to make sure that everyone learns. Now that student performance,<br />
including test scores, are going to be considered when teachers and principals<br />
are given job evaluations, maybe these so-called educators will reconsider<br />
their instructional methods and practices. I hope that for the sake of students,<br />
that school districts will begin using cooperative platforms to make access to<br />
learning available to all students.</p>
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		<title>By: Mathmazeusa</title>
		<link>http://gothamschools.org/2012/05/25/principal-evaluation-results-stabilized-with-test-scores-last-year/comment-page-1/#comment-373513</link>
		<dc:creator>Mathmazeusa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 21:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 

If improving outcomes for students is the desired results,
school districts must change the way they teach students. Every teacher who has
completed an accredited teacher education program in the United States knows
that the instructional approaches used in most school districts are not
effective.  This is because the over-all
goal is to create A, B, C, D and F students. “ In other words winners and
losers”. What do you think would happen if every student learned, mastered and
excelled in all core disciplines? No one cares about the students who receive
Cs, Ds, and Fs, just as long as it isn&#039;t their child. All of the research on
learning tells us that students learn best in cooperative settings where
student are allowed to peer tutor and scaffold one another. These types of
learning experiences are kept to a minimum in most school districts. Every
student and every teacher is in constant competition rather than working
together to make sure that everyone learns. Now that student performance,
including test scores, are going to be considered when teachers and principals
are given job evaluations, maybe these so-called educators will reconsider
their instructional methods and practices. I hope that for the sake of students,
that school districts will begin using cooperative platforms to make access to
learning available to all students.


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<p>If improving outcomes for students is the desired results,<br />
school districts must change the way they teach students. Every teacher who has<br />
completed an accredited teacher education program in the United States knows<br />
that the instructional approaches used in most school districts are not<br />
effective.  This is because the over-all<br />
goal is to create A, B, C, D and F students. “ In other words winners and<br />
losers”. What do you think would happen if every student learned, mastered and<br />
excelled in all core disciplines? No one cares about the students who receive<br />
Cs, Ds, and Fs, just as long as it isn&#8217;t their child. All of the research on<br />
learning tells us that students learn best in cooperative settings where<br />
student are allowed to peer tutor and scaffold one another. These types of<br />
learning experiences are kept to a minimum in most school districts. Every<br />
student and every teacher is in constant competition rather than working<br />
together to make sure that everyone learns. Now that student performance,<br />
including test scores, are going to be considered when teachers and principals<br />
are given job evaluations, maybe these so-called educators will reconsider<br />
their instructional methods and practices. I hope that for the sake of students,<br />
that school districts will begin using cooperative platforms to make access to<br />
learning available to all students.</p>
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		<title>By: Top After-School Programs Caught in Budget &#8216;Dance&#8217; &#124; America&#039;s Children</title>
		<link>http://gothamschools.org/2012/05/25/principal-evaluation-results-stabilized-with-test-scores-last-year/comment-page-1/#comment-372802</link>
		<dc:creator>Top After-School Programs Caught in Budget &#8216;Dance&#8217; &#124; America&#039;s Children</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 15:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] Schools reported late Friday that principals’ evaluations stabilized last year, largely because test scores were [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Schools reported late Friday that principals’ evaluations stabilized last year, largely because test scores were [...]</p>
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		<title>By: insiderknowledge</title>
		<link>http://gothamschools.org/2012/05/25/principal-evaluation-results-stabilized-with-test-scores-last-year/comment-page-1/#comment-372798</link>
		<dc:creator>insiderknowledge</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 14:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Silly citizens ... only teachers and workers can be held accountable.. The boss is always innocent.  Where is the uproar? How can it be that almost all principals are satisfactory when the city gives out d&#039;s and f&#039;s on report cards? ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Silly citizens &#8230; only teachers and workers can be held accountable.. The boss is always innocent.  Where is the uproar? How can it be that almost all principals are satisfactory when the city gives out d&#8217;s and f&#8217;s on report cards? </p>
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		<title>By: Follow the Money</title>
		<link>http://gothamschools.org/2012/05/25/principal-evaluation-results-stabilized-with-test-scores-last-year/comment-page-1/#comment-372782</link>
		<dc:creator>Follow the Money</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 23:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is ridiculous for Principals, and it is ridiculous for teachers. Evaluations should not be based on flukey data, not for anybody.

If you want to put a stop to it:  http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-the-public-shaming-and-unjust-firing-of-teachers ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is ridiculous for Principals, and it is ridiculous for teachers. Evaluations should not be based on flukey data, not for anybody.</p>
<p>If you want to put a stop to it:  <a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-the-public-shaming-and-unjust-firing-of-teachers" rel="nofollow">http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-the-public-shaming-and-unjust-firing-of-teachers</a> </p>
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		<title>By: Steveny34</title>
		<link>http://gothamschools.org/2012/05/25/principal-evaluation-results-stabilized-with-test-scores-last-year/comment-page-1/#comment-372771</link>
		<dc:creator>Steveny34</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 22:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No rating for 25q194 why is this?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No rating for 25q194 why is this?</p>
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		<title>By: Vote NO!</title>
		<link>http://gothamschools.org/2012/05/25/principal-evaluation-results-stabilized-with-test-scores-last-year/comment-page-1/#comment-372761</link>
		<dc:creator>Vote NO!</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 12:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ NY1 has  the  rankings.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> NY1 has  the  rankings.</p>
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		<title>By: GUest</title>
		<link>http://gothamschools.org/2012/05/25/principal-evaluation-results-stabilized-with-test-scores-last-year/comment-page-1/#comment-372756</link>
		<dc:creator>GUest</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 09:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where are the ratings?  What&#039;s not good for the goose... ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Where are the ratings?  What&#8217;s not good for the goose&#8230; </p>
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		<title>By: leonie haimson</title>
		<link>http://gothamschools.org/2012/05/25/principal-evaluation-results-stabilized-with-test-scores-last-year/comment-page-1/#comment-372747</link>
		<dc:creator>leonie haimson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 02:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[where&#039;s the data? ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>where&#8217;s the data? </p>
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