Not exact matches
E4E members see
issues of teacher quality,
evaluations, pay and incentives, pensions and tenure to be top -
of - mind among
teachers nationwide, with those
issues and others including the expired
teachers contract taking center stage in the
complex Los Angeles education debate.
Teaching, and the measurement
of teacher effectiveness, are
complex issues: What do
teacher evaluation systems measure?
«In the wake
of the Newtown (Conn.) tragedy, the mayor's comparison this morning
of teachers to the National Rifle Association is completely inappropriate, and a demonstration
of how difficult he can be to deal with on any
issue — much less one as
complex as a new
teacher evaluation system,» union president Michael Mulgrew said in the statement.
Asked about these claims, Salim said that
issue of teacher evaluations is «
complex,» but that a recent internal «look at
evaluation ratings in aggregate does not seem to indicate that
teachers of color are evaluated more harshly.»