What You Need to Know about Chester Upland
A reader comments on previous posts (see here and here) about Governor Corbett’s appointment of a voucher advocate to be the “chief recovery officer” for financially stressed Chester Upland, Pennsylvania. This is a district that allocates 1/3 of its scarce budget to a for-profit charter school that pays its owner a management fee of $16 million. Oh, and one other thing: First Lady Michelle Obama invited a teacher from Chester Upland to sit with her during the State of the Union Address earlier this year, presumably to acknowledge the staff’s decision to work
Judge Invalidates Florida Evaluations
Judge Invalidates Florida Evaluations
This just in.
The Florida Education Association and two named teacher-plaintiffs sued to block VAM because the process is confusing and the state has provided inadequate guidance.
A judge agreed with the plaintiffs. The state education department will either appeal or have to redo the rules and clarify the way VAM is supposed to work.
This teacher-evaluation stuff is complex, poorly thought out, and endlessly divisive.
It is being foisted on states across the nation–thank you, Race to the Top–without any clear evidence that it
The Florida Education Association and two named teacher-plaintiffs sued to block VAM because the process is confusing and the state has provided inadequate guidance.
A judge agreed with the plaintiffs. The state education department will either appeal or have to redo the rules and clarify the way VAM is supposed to work.
This teacher-evaluation stuff is complex, poorly thought out, and endlessly divisive.
It is being foisted on states across the nation–thank you, Race to the Top–without any clear evidence that it
