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Vapidity Is the Watchword When It Comes to Edu-Leadership
by Frederick M. Hess • Sep 1, 2010 at 8:54 am
Cross-posted from Education Week
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It's like a bad joke. You're interviewing candidates for an important education job and ask each about their views on using performance-based metrics to evaluate and potentially remove teachers. Who actually answers the question, much less inspires confidence that they're up to snuff?
The ex-basketball player who says, "We have to elevate the status of the profession. We can't do enough to recognize great teaching. We can't do enough to shine a spotlight on success. And we have to be willing to challenge the status quo together when it's not working."
The union lawyer who says, "I think the issue is, what we're all grappling with, is how you make sure that