VAM

More on Value-Added Teacher Evaluations (Across the River)

This is probably not how Mike Bloomberg imagined his education legacy: mired in  mud after the leadership of UFT, NYC’s…

12 years ago

Bizarre NY Times Op-Ed on Teacher/Principal Accountability

Did anyone else think that Deborah Kenny’s op-ed in yesterday’s New York Times on teacher evaluations -- called "Want to…

12 years ago

Teaching Poor Kids: Is the Obstacle the Poverty or the Pedagogy?

One dispute over tying teacher evaluations to  data on student growth has been the charge that teachers who are effective…

12 years ago

Quote of the Day

David Brooks, in today's New York Times, discusses the need for value-added evaluations of colleges, given that " that nearly…

13 years ago

Louisiana Gets It Done

Today’s Wall St. Journal lauds Louisiana’s new school choice laws, which:1) Give each low-income parent a voucher worth an average…

13 years ago

Poll of the Day: Teacher Tenure

A survey just released by Scholastic Education and the Gates Foundation (hold your fire!) interviewed 10,000 pre-K through 12th grade…

13 years ago

BlogTalk Radio on Tenure and Teacher Evaluation Reform

Tomorrow morning at 11 I'll be discussing tenure reform and teacher evaluations with Joseph Cheff, President of the Passaic County…

13 years ago

Teacher Evaluation Pilot Gets Good Marks

This past Friday NJ Spotlight hosted a Roundtable in Monroe on the new teacher evaluation pilot program, now underway in…

13 years ago

Quote of the Day

Wendy Kopp, founder of Teach for America, considers the “humiliating” decision in New York State to release teachers’ value-added rankings,…

13 years ago

Tenure Reform Testimony: LIFO and Teacher Evaluations

It was quite the scene at the Statehouse Annex yesterday as the Senate Education Committee heard public testimony on Sen.…

13 years ago