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Category Archives: Teacher Unions
Alternatives to seniority-based layoffs
In the discussion regarding direct placement of teachers, it is sometimes perceived that this system is the standard course of events — that our nation’s public school systems all have a similar process. A report from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) finds that … Continue reading
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Lemon musical chairs
In another sign that antiquated and harmful education practices once thought sacrosanct are starting to fall, Denver’s “Dance of the Lemons” — the process by which the teachers no principal will hire are forcibly placed into a classroom somewhere in … Continue reading
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…the edge of the world and all of Western civilization…(fn)
Nothing like kicking a dead-broke state right smack in the wallet: California could lose out on millions of federal education dollars unless legislators change a law that prevents it from using student test scores to measure teachers’ performance, Secretary of Education … Continue reading
How to win friends and influence people
Cue the education truism that when adults fight, children lose: 342 Boulder Valley teachers stage ‘sickout’ Administrators had to scramble to find substitute teachers today after 342 teachers called in sick. The “sickout” came amid contract negotiations between the teachers and … Continue reading
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Union fissures in negotiations
In Washington DC, the current union negotiation with the district is showing cracks within the union itself: Contract talks between the District government and the Washington Teachers’ Union, now in their 18th month and under a mediator, are escalating tensions within the … Continue reading
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Choose your error
Everyone aspires to systems that have no errors, but in truth most systems we design choose which errors they prefer. The most basic difference is between Type I and Type II errors. A Type I error is a false positive – the … Continue reading
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Stimulus money and teacher evaluations
Teacher evaluations have been a topic on these pages recently. Here’s what an editorial in the New York Times has to say: Mr. Duncan made a wise move by requiring states to finally publish data on their teacher evaluation systems — and … Continue reading
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