Friday, May 21, 2010
Education Teachers, Education Reform, and Unions
Posted by Mary Cashiola on Fri, May 21, 2010 at 2:23 PM
Memphis is actually on the forefront of these reforms, winning money from the Gates Foundation and being part of Tennessee's $500-million-winning Race to the Top application.
In the story, Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen is cited as pushing legislation that made student test scores 50 percent of annual teacher evaluations, something critical for Race to the Top.
"Bredesen points to an earlier development in his state, that, he says, had 'broken the ice.' In 2009, the Gates foundation provided a $90 million grant to the Memphis school system — the state's largest — on the condition that teachers there allow 35 percent of their performance ratings to be based on student test scores."
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Over the last three years, as a teacher, I have averaged a 2% increase per year in pay - so what difference does it make? The entire compensation for teachers must be evaluated!
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dislikeTeachers are under payed in the USA, that isn't news. Now you have no excuse for substandard results based on attitude about low pay. You make your negotiation and you stick to it or you are teaching kids to have no integrity.
You make good stats or you get canned, or, are you special?
I suppose you think that teaching is the ONLY thing not getting raises for the last 15 years that are higher than 3%?
WRONG!
Only the CEO's and congresspeople have been getting raises higher than 3 %.
In a country that REQUIRES compulsary education until age 18, you are never going to get high overall scores. The reason other countries have good scores is because they weed out the underacheivers and students who don't care and send them off to trade schools or to work. If we want higher test scores, it shouldn't be No Child Left Behind. It should be if you don't want an education we don't want you here.
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