It will certainly improve the
morale of teachers and school leaders; after all,
who would want to work in a system where the majority
of children do not perform at a minimum level
of proficiency?
While the district withdrew as a defendant in the case before the trial started, she was called by the defense in an effort to impeach the testimony
of a plaintiffs» witness, Nicholas Melvoin, a former LA Unified
teacher at Markham Middle School in Watts,
who had testified last month that
teacher layoffs in 2009 resulted in effective
teachers being dismissed and
morale at the school eroded.