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Assess on test scores = Just teach the test (They already do that)
Student grades = Grade Inflation ( Give everyone As and Bs)
All this leads to is more poorly educated students who feel entitled when they attend college and get smacked in the face when they can't think critically.
Kill the Bill!
and I will again ask, should teachers just get raises because they are teachers? Don't most of us get raises and promotions based on performance?
I do agree with some of what you are saying, it is almost a no win situation, but there has to be some guide lines.
and I will again ask, should teachers just get raises because they are teachers? Don't most of us get raises and promotions based on performance?
I do agree with some of what you are saying, it is almost a no win situation, but there has to be some guide lines.
Nita
Multiple observations by knowledgeable educators (not necessarily principals) could determine how well a teacher was executing his/her responsibilities. A student's test results measure the student's performance, not the teacher's.
Teachers are not GOD's, although many think they are. They should be held accountable for performance or go stand on the UE line like everyone else who isn't worth a shyt. You can see the selfishness like the light of day with teachers. We are in one hell of a bad economic time and they are not willing one bit to take a hit like everyone else and do the right thing. In NJ, they are wishing death on the new Govenor because he is making them pay 1.5% of their salaries for their benefits and now they can only retire and get paid $15,000 for acrued sick time they have left instead of ALL of it. ALL Civil service workers in NJ have tyhose restrictions, but for some reason, the teachers feel that everyone but they themselves have to participate in making cuts.
Everytime they get involved in "improving" our public education system, they only make it worse, No Child Left Behind comes to mind. Has anyone been following this Florida Teacher "Tenure Bill"? Talk about screwing our teachers, I am just in a fit about this. Allowing kids' test scores to determine a teachers' salary, for real? What about the teachers who work in the inner city schools whose students come from broken, abusive homes. How well do those kids really do in school without any family support, and now a teacher has to pay for that? What is with these Republicans???
The Florida "teacher tenure bill," SB6, has been vetoed by Gov. Crist.
Everytime they get involved in "improving" our public education system, they only make it worse, No Child Left Behind comes to mind. Has anyone been following this Florida Teacher "Tenure Bill"? Talk about screwing our teachers, I am just in a fit about this. Allowing kids' test scores to determine a teachers' salary, for real? What about the teachers who work in the inner city schools whose students come from broken, abusive homes. How well do those kids really do in school without any family support, and now a teacher has to pay for that? What is with these Republicans???
Is the complaint that the bill would make the quality of education worse, or that it would make life harder for teachers?
I support teachers and think they should be paid more than they are, but that shouldn't be the measure of a good initiative. I also understand and agree that some teachers fight an uphill battle with a lack of parent invollvement. I think think that should be considered. I don't know the best answer of measuring teacher effectiveness, but improvement in test scores would seem to fit in as a piece of the puzzle, among others.
Everytime they get involved in "improving" our public education system, they only make it worse, No Child Left Behind comes to mind. Has anyone been following this Florida Teacher "Tenure Bill"? Talk about screwing our teachers, I am just in a fit about this. Allowing kids' test scores to determine a teachers' salary, for real? What about the teachers who work in the inner city schools whose students come from broken, abusive homes. How well do those kids really do in school without any family support, and now a teacher has to pay for that? What is with these Republicans???
Yeah those poor teachers......they got it so tough, lets not try to hold them accountable or raise expectations.
The "Texas Miracle" was Bush's claim to fame in the 2000 election. Bush was at a photo-op on 9/11 reading to elementary kids in Florida to pushing NCLB.
I seriously doubt that "the left" meant for it to be an unfunded mandate and vehicle to push for vouchers.
That's a lie look at the flim the children were reading to Bush. I thought that is what NCLBB was all about. No child left Bush behind
Everytime they get involved in "improving" our public education system, they only make it worse, No Child Left Behind comes to mind. Has anyone been following this Florida Teacher "Tenure Bill"? Talk about screwing our teachers, I am just in a fit about this. Allowing kids' test scores to determine a teachers' salary, for real? What about the teachers who work in the inner city schools whose students come from broken, abusive homes. How well do those kids really do in school without any family support, and now a teacher has to pay for that? What is with these Republicans???
Anytime the federal government gets involved with anything, they make it worse. It's not unique to repubs, and it didn't start with the NCLB act...
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