tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983334520933101277.post6709416010535986609..comments2024-02-16T06:29:33.587-08:00Comments on Welcome to " The Math UnderGround " -- Seattle & Washington State: Accountability and Measurement if anydan dempseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15536720661510933983noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983334520933101277.post-56814977300625004512009-08-10T03:46:55.960-07:002009-08-10T03:46:55.960-07:00Oh why are you hesitating to respond??
___________...Oh why are you hesitating to respond??<br />___________________<br />Britney<br /><a href="http://www.iwaaybpo.com" rel="nofollow">We do your Marketing for best sales</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983334520933101277.post-25152631477599916552009-08-10T03:44:14.716-07:002009-08-10T03:44:14.716-07:00Oh why are you hesitating to respond??
___________...Oh why are you hesitating to respond??<br />___________________<br />Britney<br /><a href="http://www.iwaaybpo.com" rel="nofollow">We do your Marketing for best sales</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983334520933101277.post-42913291863721782892009-07-22T19:41:51.260-07:002009-07-22T19:41:51.260-07:00I'm hesistant to respond to what most blogs ha...I'm hesistant to respond to what most blogs have to say - but, for instance, it seems that school reform brings up issues that strike everyone as something a rational person would do to fix it and then the teacher respond against school reform. <br /><br />It ain't so and I have to agree with the public teachers, because no other teachers in the world have to jump through as many hoops wearing straight jackets.<br /><br />Bill Gates thinks teacher evaluations are a positive thing. Well, yes and no, teachers do have evaluations by the way. It hasn't helped raise achievement and I'm ommitting the WASL, because that's another reform lemon. WASL test scores are meaningless for college. Yet I think that was what everyone was led to believe.<br /><br />Its somewhat irrational, er hypocritical do you think, that school reformers like to boast about test scores going up a point or two and then **** all over teachers.<br /><br />There are rules for evaluations. Some principals follow them, some don't. Evaluations are meant to be positive and encourage teachers, not drive them to drinking or a rubber room. <br /><br />In this age, where dishonesty reigns over education and reformers enjoy lighting fires to burn their critics... <br /><br />I see no other reason for justifying more evaluations.<br /><br />Will High Tech High or Green Dot teachers ever be given the same evaluations? I doubt it. Ever been evaluated for writing a 'constructivist' lesson plan. The reform movement is driving down a slippery road. Look out below.<br /><br />It will lead to something very similiar to post-Bush syndrome. When the lawyers finally come around to drive wooden stakes into their dark, little hearts (if they have one) it will be too late for most of us. <br /><br />There's a teacher I know who's certifiably insane (post traumatic stress disorder under duress). She's not even close to retirement. <br /><br />The district evaluated her for five years (three 3" 3-ring binders) and then put her on paid permanent leave (going on year 4). And now the union is assisting her sue the district for creating a stressful and unsafe work environment. <br /><br />Big, important people should be more careful how they choose their words, because other people will listen and act (often unreasonably).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com