Comments on: Bills on table take diverse approaches to teacher rating shield http://gothamschools.org/2012/05/31/bills-on-table-take-diverse-approaches-to-teacher-rating-shield/ Sun, 19 May 2013 04:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Eastsider http://gothamschools.org/2012/05/31/bills-on-table-take-diverse-approaches-to-teacher-rating-shield/comment-page-1/#comment-373325 Eastsider Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:18:00 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=84262#comment-373325 It is likely a compromised will be forged, this is a contentious issue that will continue to bubble. Bloomberg could twist arms in the Senate, but, every vote counts, and with a very thin majority the Senate might not want to lose potential teacher votes in suburban and rurals districts, and, Cuomo seems to also want a resolution.

]]> By: Mary Conway-Spiegel http://gothamschools.org/2012/05/31/bills-on-table-take-diverse-approaches-to-teacher-rating-shield/comment-page-1/#comment-372917 Mary Conway-Spiegel Fri, 01 Jun 2012 10:08:00 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=84262#comment-372917 Agreed.  Too Much Information based on data that’s questionable and human subjectivity that’s at best natural, at worst vindictive.  At times through this process, as a parent, I feel like I’m watching a soap opera.
It’s distracting and more and more that seems to be the real purpose…while parents rubber neck through the “details” the real work is being ignored or toyed with.
My kids know what a good teacher is.  I know what a good teacher looks like.  Stop infantilizing parents, start supporting schools…

]]> By: guest http://gothamschools.org/2012/05/31/bills-on-table-take-diverse-approaches-to-teacher-rating-shield/comment-page-1/#comment-372915 guest Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:22:00 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=84262#comment-372915  I can’t find anything meritorious within any of these
three bills.

       http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A09822&term=&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Votes=Y&Memo=Y&Text=Y

       http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=%0D%0A&bn=A9814A&term=&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Votes=Y&Memo=Y&Text=Y

       http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=%0D%0A&bn=S06798&term=&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Votes=Y&Memo=Y&Text=Y

 

If any one of them passes, a significant right of access by
the general public and the press will have evaporated.

 

It is vitally important that members of the general public
and the press know how school administrators have evaluated the quality of the
public service being rendered by specific teachers, and how higher-level school
administrators or superintendents have evaluated the quality of the public service
being rendered by lower-level school administrators.

 

What specific facts and statistics are these ratings based
on?

 

The following article in “Education Week,” as reprinted
within “NYC Rubber Room Reporter,” provides a rational basis for the continued
availability of records relating to the evaluation of teachers and supervisors.

 

http://nycrubberroomreporter.blogspot.com/2012/02/privacy-rights-v-open-records.html

 

Here is the North Dakota judicial
decision that the article discusses:

 

http://www.ndcourts.gov/court/opinions/870224.htm

 

Here is a Michigan
judicial decision on the same topic:

 

http://caselaw.findlaw.com/mi-supreme-court/1287882.html

 

What
position is “Gotham Schools” taking with respect to each of these three bills?

]]> By: Gdecker http://gothamschools.org/2012/05/31/bills-on-table-take-diverse-approaches-to-teacher-rating-shield/comment-page-1/#comment-372905 Gdecker Thu, 31 May 2012 22:42:00 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=84262#comment-372905 Thanks for the correction. The post has been updated.

]]> By: guest http://gothamschools.org/2012/05/31/bills-on-table-take-diverse-approaches-to-teacher-rating-shield/comment-page-1/#comment-372904 guest Thu, 31 May 2012 22:36:00 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=84262#comment-372904 The assemblywoman’s name is JAffee. Not Chaffee.

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