Politico: Will Biden Bring Teachers’ Unions in from the Cold?
The past two decades have been rough times for the two big teachers’ unions. Republicans have demonized them. The Obama administration courted their support but...
Category : Teacher Evaluations
Houston: Why HISD Should Have the Best Teachers in the Nation By Now
Audrey Amrein Beardsley writes here about Houston’s experience with value-added evaluation of its teachers. The Houston Independent School District (HISD) contracted with William Sanders’...
EdWeek: Teacher Evaluations Resume, Despite Pandemic and Chaotic Conditions
Madeline Will wrote in Education Week that many states plan to resume teacher evaluations, despite the pandemic and the difficulties of teaching remotely and/or in-person....
Laura Chapman: Can Teachers Be Measured by the Same Methods Used for Cows?
Our wonderful reader Laura Chapman reports here on the origins of the laws that purport to measure teacher quality by the test scores of their...
Rebekah Ray: Florida Is the Worst Place to Be a Teacher
Rebekah Ray responded to another Florida teacher who complained the changes by the State Legislature has destroyed the promises made to him when he became...
Richard Phelps Reviews Michelle Rhee’s “Reforms,” Ten Years Later, Part 1
A decade ago, Richard Phelps was assessment director of the District of Columbia Public Schools. His time in that position coincided with the last ten...
Insult of the Day in the Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal, which has a teacher-bashing, union-hating pro-privatization editorial board, published an editorial warning about the dangers of policing the police. The editorial...
NPE ACTION ENDORSES JOE BIDEN!
Please read the NPE Action endorsement of Joe Biden for President. We support public schools. Donald Trump and his Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, are...
New Orleans: VAM Proves that Best Teachers Stay in Best Charters
The National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice (REACH), formerly known as the Education Research Alliance, released its first report after having been...
Thomas Good and Alyson Lavigne: Making Sense of Teacher Evaluation
Thomas Good sent me this research paper about teacher evaluation that he wrote with Alyson Lavigne. Division 15 (Educational Psychology) of the American Psychological Association...