Teachers union threatens
The Los Angeles teachers union president said Sunday he was organizing a “massive boycott” of The Times after the newspaper began publishing a series of articles that uses student test scores to estimate the effectiveness of district teachers.
“You’re leading people in a dangerous direction, making it seem like you can judge the quality of a teacher by … a test,” said A.J. Duffy, president of United Teachers Los Angeles, which has more than 40,000 members.
Can you IMAGINE grading someone based on test performance??? No WONDER the teachers union is so upset.
It's funny because the teachers think you can judge a student by a test. :lol:
The article goes on to talk about how it cost millions just to fire 4 substandard teachers because of the unions...and people wonder why the unions have such stellar reps...
It's funny because the teachers think you can judge a student by a test. :lol:
Teachers union threatens
The Los Angeles teachers union president said Sunday he was organizing a “massive boycott” of The Times after the newspaper began publishing a series of articles that uses student test scores to estimate the effectiveness of district teachers.
“You’re leading people in a dangerous direction, making it seem like you can judge the quality of a teacher by … a test,” said A.J. Duffy, president of United Teachers Los Angeles, which has more than 40,000 members.
Can you IMAGINE grading someone based on test performance??? No WONDER the teachers union is so upset.
Actually, a proper analogy would be thinking that teachers can grade their students based on how well the students' goldfishes do on a test.
If wards of the state dont like what the state does to them, then join the private sector like the rest of us.
Teachers union threatens
The Los Angeles teachers union president said Sunday he was organizing a “massive boycott” of The Times after the newspaper began publishing a series of articles that uses student test scores to estimate the effectiveness of district teachers.
“You’re leading people in a dangerous direction, making it seem like you can judge the quality of a teacher by … a test,” said A.J. Duffy, president of United Teachers Los Angeles, which has more than 40,000 members.
Can you IMAGINE grading someone based on test performance??? No WONDER the teachers union is so upset.
in reading this article, we find that a staff of SIX attorneys is unable to process more than seven terminations for cause. only one of which the teacher did not prevail. the lament should be about the piss poor administration (1) which cannot negotiate reasonable terms in the union contract to expedite the out processing of teachers found inadequate; (2) which issues tenure without adequate justification (and why the need for tenure, anyway); (3) which cannot/will not objectively document the record and initiate the outprocessing of inadequate teachersShe quotes a sentiment that Duffy and UTLA officials have made into something of a motto: "It's so subjective, and getting rid of teachers should never be subjective."
there are LOTS of administrators in positions of authority who abuse that authority because their subordinate is someone with whom they personally dislike - frequently because that teacher will not act obsequiousDuffy disagrees with her assessment, saying, "The vast majority of teachers are doing a good job. I can't begin to tell you how many vindictive principals there are."
our kids deserve good teachers
they need a good education
but it is the management of the education system which is inadequate
that is where the change needs to happen
Actually, a proper analogy would be thinking that teachers can grade their students based on how well the students' goldfishes do on a test.
Teachers union threatens
The Los Angeles teachers union president said Sunday he was organizing a “massive boycott” of The Times after the newspaper began publishing a series of articles that uses student test scores to estimate the effectiveness of district teachers.
“You’re leading people in a dangerous direction, making it seem like you can judge the quality of a teacher by … a test,” said A.J. Duffy, president of United Teachers Los Angeles, which has more than 40,000 members.
Can you IMAGINE grading someone based on test performance??? No WONDER the teachers union is so upset.
So if you can grade a teacher based on how well their students do, does that mean you can rate CEOs based on how well their unionized employees do?
It's funny because the teachers think you can judge a student by a test. :lol:
Actually, the teachers have a point. The environment of the school and the community has a large input in determining test scores as well. Any teacher could get better results in a suburban school district with a strong educational culture than in the inner city or Appalachia where such a culture does not exist.
Not at all, you can't teach goldfish anything.
Hey if you guys want to get behind the idea that "not all children learn the same" and shouldn't be compelled to attend taylorist style schooling.
I got your back but I'm betting dollars to donuts, that the vast majority of these teachers believe in that system.
If that's the case, why aren't the results speaking to the education they are transmitting?
It's funny because the teachers think you can judge a student by a test. :lol:
Of course. No expectations...no standards. Why...you would think that MIGHT lead to the problems we have NOW...
Oh...no...Im sure they are all FABulous teachers...ALL of them...and there should be NO standards.
Yes, you can judge a student by a test, but can you judge a teacher by the student's tests?
I am a strong support of tracking, but where I taught in Georgia it was not allowed because it was considered racist...
So if you can grade a teacher based on how well their students do, does that mean you can rate CEOs based on how well their unionized employees do?
In the words of Sheldon, "Bazinga"
Yep, the state and the feds shouldn't be managing education.
These type of things support my argument.
So if you can grade a teacher based on how well their students do, does that mean you can rate CEOs based on how well their unionized employees do?
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