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Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Jersey Jazzman: Crazy Talk

Jersey Jazzman: Crazy Talk

Crazy Talk

E.D. Kain is talking crazy talk!
Okay, for the sake of argument let’s accept each of Matt’s premises here. Let’s say that Last In, First Out and seniority and compensation schemes based on experience and education don’t make sense (even though much of this is unofficial practice in many other industries). Even accepting these premises I fail to see how implementing a complicated, controversial, financially burdensome and ultimately counterproductive testing regime is the correct answer to getting rid of the bad teachers while attracting good people to the profession.
Here is my alternative plan: make teaching fun and rewarding. Treat teachers as