The peculiar ‘ovation’ for D.C. teachers
It’s hard to settle on the strangest part of Monday night’s grand event at the Kennedy Center called “A Standing Ovation for D.C. Teachers.” My colleague Bill Turque wrote on his D.C. Schools Insider blog about the event, which is meant to honor 663 D.C. public school system teachers who were rated “highly effective” by the IMPACT teacher evaluation system. According to Turque, members of the host committee include some of the bigger names in Washington edu-philanthropy: Katherine and David Bradley, Jean-Marie and Raul Fernandez, and Trish and George Vradenberg, to list a few. Proceeds from the evening will go to the D.C. Public Education Fund, the nonprofit fundraising arm of the public schools. So what’s so strange about the event?
