I do this as someone who
played a role in the events that I describe: in 2011 and 2012, I was part of the policy team working on the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) waiver initiative and grant
programs like the
Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF), and played a role in spreading the Obama administration's teacher evaluation policies across the c
Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF), and
played a role in spreading the Obama administration's
teacher evaluation policies across the c
teacher evaluation policies across the country.
Due to privatization, the expansion of school voucher
programs and charter schools, attacks on
teacher unions, and a focus on standardized testing as a means of
evaluation,
teachers find themselves increasingly
playing defense.