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Saturday, July 16, 2011

Jersey Jazzman: Teacher Eval by Test = Lawyer Employment

Jersey Jazzman: Teacher Eval by Test = Lawyer Employment

Teacher Eval by Test = Lawyer Employment

The lawsuits are coming! The lawsuits are coming!

For the second year in a row, a disproportionate number of "highly effective" teachers are employed in affluent, white areas of the District, school officials confirmed.
"We're continuing to look at that, and it's a trend we saw this year as well," said Jason Kamras, chief of human capital for D.C. Public Schools.
In 2010, nearly one-quarter of top-performing teachers were in Ward 3 schools, while only 5 percent taught in Ward 8 — even though affluent Ward 3 has 60 percent the enrollment
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