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Are you sure this is shorter than the actual speech? ;-)
There are SO many things I love about your analysis, but I'll limit myself to brief commentary on just one point. This 'improved evaluation' of teachers and 'higher teacher standards' - which you also deal with in your newer post - what's the goal, exactly?
What's the plan if it turns out lots of teachers are mediocre, or suck?
I don't think they do, generally, but what if they did? Then we'll... what?
The larger districts in my state can't fully staff even before all of the new evaluations. We can't keep people in the profession without CCSSI or TLE or whatever's coming now. Where are the hidden legions of highly qualified professionals aching for a chance to teach public school, if only they weren't being screened out by all this dead weight currently holding those positions?
I find that bewildering.
Thanks for this blog and these posts. Brilliant AND entertaining.
Apr 21, 2014, 6:50:18 AM
Posted to Duncan Lays It All Out (2010 edition)