Sentences with phrase «why firing teachers»
Why value - added evaluation based on test scores is junk science, and why firing teachers is not a school improvement strategy.
http://parentsacrossamerica.org/ Not exact matches
The principal of P.S. 18 in Inwood fired teacher Madeline Luciano after she let a student write on a chalkboard the reasons why eighth - grade students didn't like a particular classmate.
A new policy analysis by the Fordham Institute, Undue Process: Why Bad Teachers in Twenty - Five Diverse Districts Rarely Get Fired, goes beyond anecdote and assumption.
It's why charter schools can and do fire ineffective teachers, why they can turn on a dime when an instructional approach isn't working, why they can spend their money on the classroom instead of the bureaucracy, and why they can put the needs of students first, every day, all day.
«Why is the teachers union against getting every dollar into the classroom... and why is it against hiring and firing decisions being made at the school site?&raqWhy is the teachers union against getting every dollar into the classroom... and why is it against hiring and firing decisions being made at the school site?&raqwhy is it against hiring and firing decisions being made at the school site?»
Rather than hyper - focusing on the question, Is there a fair way to fire a bad teacher, we should be asking: If rich parents won't tolerate a lemon, why should poor kids have to?
Why shouldn't teachers whose students learn little be fired?
Governor Dan Malloy used that quote to reiterate why the state should terminate tenure, shift to a teacher evaluation system that relies more heavily on standardized test scores and create something called the «Commissioner's Network» in which the state would take over 25 schools, fire the teachers, ban collective bargaining and turn the schools over to a third - party.
«On firing the bottom 5 % of teachers... My opinion is that there are at least three reasons why firing the bottom 5 percent of teachers, as defined by the bottom 5 percent on an effectiveness continuum created by using the value - added test scores of their students on state tests, will not improve the overall effectiveness of teachers... One reason is that... value - added metrics are inaccurate for many teachers.
In Brian Bissell, a K12 shareholder and head of the Colorado Virtual Academy (COVA) board, explained why the school chose to fire K12 as the school operator: «It became clear that at certain points in COVA history the interests of COVA — that is our students and their families, their teachers and Colorado's taxpayers — these have not always been aligned with K12's interests.»
For insights into why, see this stunning chart linked to in Larry Sand's excellent new City Journal California piece, showing exactly how byzantine the process of attempting to fire an underperforming teacher is:
The fact that police, fire, and soldiers were cited as examples of scaled salaries is a prime example of why schools should be able to set individual pay based on performance: the job of teacher is more technical, requires more education, and the results make more of a difference in society.
See: «LAUSD's Dance of the Lemons: Why firing the desk - sleepers, burnouts, hotheads and other failed teachers is all but impossible.»
(The Tribunal accepted that it could insist on its morals if it provided service only to members of the particular religious belief, or if its purpose was to give instruction in its religion — the reason why Catholic schools can fire teachers who divorce.)