Remainders: Guinea pigs for evaluations say they disapprove

by Geoff Decker, at 8:53 pm

Teachers in Tennessee, a pioneering state for evaluations, overwhelmingly disapprove. (Hechinger)
Brooklyn’s Hasidic schools, like many others, bar students from commuting by bike. (Post via Gothamist)
A group of Ohio fifth-graders self-published a math e-textbook using their teacher’s iPad. (Getting Smart)
Bill Maher lamented unions and said it was impossible to fire teachers. (Real Time via NYC Educator)
Spike in sex abuse charges show urgency to give Chancellor the power to fire teachers. (Daily News)
A Common Core critic tackles the standards’ mandate to add more instructional reading. (PAA)
Obama report card on education policies shows bi-partisan approval through his first term. (Politico)
The Gates Foundation wants to build a bracelet to measure student engagement. (Answer Sheet)
Echoing recent Useable Knowledge research, Petrilli ponders cities ripe for integration. (Flypaper)
Coleman talks more about his next venture, leaving his current one and the common core. (Straight Up)

Ellen Mc Hugh

Please, please PLEASE tell me the bracelet thing is just an elaborate hoax.
Vote NO!

Nothing will do more to destroy instruction, and teacher quality than the new “Race to the Top” instigated teacher evaluation laws. Tennessee is the ” tip of the iceberg.” Look for catastrophic turnover rates to hit the teaching profession in the next 3-5 years.
NYCParent

”Look for catastrophic turnover rates to hit the teaching profession in the next 3-5 years. ”

Exactly what the Ed Reformers want!! Bring on the TFA neophytes, transitioning to their “next gig,” who will leave America’s children too uneducated to participate in civic life to upset any apple carts, much less any elections.

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