NYPOST has an article about how Governor Cuomo wants to veto a bill that would give all access to teacher data and evaluations ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo is taking a my-way-or-the-highway approach to limiting disclosure of teacher evaluations, although sources reported progress on...
NY Daily News has an article about how the UFT wants Cuomo to allow parents see limited evaluations of the teacher ALBANY — The powerful state and city teachers unions are pushing Gov. Cuomo to allow parents to see the evaluations of their kids’ teachers by appointment...
The Wall Street Journal has an article about how NY State wants to show teacher data, but only to parents and not the general public. This comes after the backlash of making the current evaluations public citing that it was a breach of privacy. A top Albany lawmaker said...
The New York Daily News has an interesting article on how people find that even though the teacher evaluations are flawed, people have mixed reviews on releasing them. New York City voters favored the release of controversial teacher ratings but also believe the numbers are...
Education Week has an interesting article about the new evaluations system and how it affects the race to the top funds Although the grand bargain on teacher evaluations in New York state has saved—for now—the state's $700 million federal Race to the Top award, the...
Gothamschools has an interesting piece about UFT president Michael Mulgrew and his views of the teacher ratings released. We will not release the reports to the public as you can pretty much find it anywhere on the web now. UFT President Michael Mulgrew started his week at...
The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article about how teachers evaluations were leaked to the public and how many people are up in arms, and rightfully so. New York City plans to release on Friday internal rankings of about 18,000 public schoolteachers who were...
New York 1 has an interesting article about one school in New York that was rated A by the city but has been set to closed Teachers and parents from Maxwell High School in East New York say Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s plan to remove half the teachers and the principal from...
The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article about the urgency of new teacher evaluations. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday blamed the Assembly for the failure of a new statewide teacher-evaluation process, saying lawmakers needed to overhaul the way teachers and...
Over at edweek.org, an interesting editorial article on teacher evaluations As one of my opening lessons on science lab safety, I use a scenario of students who create utter mayhem in the lab with glimpses of them also being safe. This anticipatory set is fun to read and...
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