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Thursday, January 20, 2011

Schools Matter: Oligarchs Pay For Evaluation of Oligarchs' Teacher Evaluation System

Schools Matter: Oligarchs Pay For Evaluation of Oligarchs' Teacher Evaluation System

Oligarchs Pay For Evaluation of Oligarchs' Teacher Evaluation System

When Arne Duncan came out publicly in support of Kaya Henderson as Chancellor of DC Schools, it was a clear sign that the same failed approach that led to Wonderwoman's departure would remain in place as long as Henderson was ostensibly in charge. From Rhee's sordid history in DC, we know that she was a cartoon super-heroine, with scripts provided by the Broadies and Waltons.

That arrangement continues, with DCPS announcing that an "independent" evaluation of the pay per score evaluation system called IMPACT will be undertaken by Harvard's most famous tenured panderer to the Oligarchs, Roland Fryer. Ha ha, ha ha ha. Excuse me.

Will Mayor Gray continue to allow this charade?

From Bill Turque at WaPo:
By Bill Turque
The Harvard think tank that experimented with paying D.C. middle schoolers for good grades and