Not only will principals finally receive more meaningful feedback on their performance but the union also agreed that student growth data — the major sticking point in the ongoing
fight over teacher evaluations — could be one factor on which principals are rated.
After the months spent in the last school year in
a fight over teacher evaluations, the district stands to lose nearly $ 59 million in this year's fight over evaluations.
Not exact matches
, its speech codes, its
teacher evaluations conducted sub secreto pontificio, its heated debate
over the minutest matters, its hair - splitting
fights over teaching loads and research assistants (tenure as benefice!)
Further proof of my assertion not long ago that education is developing into a serious sticking point between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver came in the form of a statement from the governor that blames «Assembly - led» legislation passed in 2010 for the current
fight between the
teachers unions and school districts
over the creation of
teacher evaluation systems.
This year was an especially busy one, given the
fights over the implementation of the Common Core standards, as well as eventual alterations to how they impact students and later the state
teacher evaluation law.
Rather than
fight over teacher -
evaluation details, though, the governor needs to keep his eye on the larger issue: work rules and excessive job protections
teachers enjoy.
Unfortunately, the governor's laudable efforts will be squandered if he gets drawn into a narrow
fight with the unions
over details, like points and weighting percentages in
teacher evaluations.
But perhaps the biggest
fight Cuomo will face is
over teacher evaluations.
But Mr. Malatras has been particularly visible in pushing Mr. Cuomo's education reform agenda, authoring a long and public letter to the state's Board of Regents and liaising with various interests in Albany as all sides gear up for a post-budget
fight over the specifics of
teacher evaluations.
Other things to watch out for as the session comes to a close: The budget «clean - up» bill, a
fight between Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos and his co-leader, Jeff Klein,
over a plan to lower NYC's speed limit,
teacher evaluation talks, and the home health aide program bill backed by 1199.
While the education
fight last year was largely waged
over the policy of testing and
teacher evaluations, the debate this year is broadly
over funding.
But perhaps the biggest
fight Cuomo will face is
over his drawing a line in the sand
over teacher evaluations.
One interpretation of the emphasis on developing the common core curriculum is that these debates provide a convenient diversion from potentially more intractable
fights over bigger reform ideas like using improved
teacher evaluations for personnel decisions, expanded school choice, or enhanced accountability systems.
Bitter
fights over things like
teacher evaluation reform and testing have only worsened divides between practitioners and policymakers.
On the left, it serves as a proxy
fight over standardized testing being tied to
teacher evaluations.
Yet as seen with the battles
over implementing Common Core reading and math standards, as well as the
fights over implementing test score growth - based
teacher evaluations, these reforms will be even more difficult to implement than the first round.
Supporters of more aggressive
teacher evaluations — which include a number of well - heeled business executives from Silicon Valley — have
fought to a standstill
over the issue with the California
Teachers Association, one of the most powerful labor groups in the state.
As per an article in The Tennessean: «Huffman — a former Teach For America executive and ex-husband of controversial former Washington, D.C., Chancellor Michelle Rhee — made Tennessee a flashpoint nationally for debates
over teacher evaluations,
teacher licensing, Common Core standards and charter schools... In recent months, Huffman lost a handful of political
fights.
As education reform leaders and unions
fight over policies that mandate rigorous
teacher evaluations and encourage the growth of charter schools, poor kids are losing out in the most basic of ways — a situation that embeds them deeper in the cycle of poverty.