Teachers: "Dispositional" Screening Stirs Controversy In Chicago
Chicago public schools may be the biggest school system in the nation to roll out an online screening program for new hires that focuses on candidates' "dispositions" rather than academic or instructional knowledge -- and essentially blackballs those who fail the online exam for 18 months. Teachers have been raising concerns on my other site for weeks and now (here, here) and now the local papers have written about the situation. It's been a rocky
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LAUSD leader suspends new homework policy LAT: Los Angeles schools Supt. John Deasy suspends a new homework policy, saying that it did not receive enough public input and that it will be reworked.
N.J. schools probed for possible test cheating USAT: New Jersey state education officials will investigate 12 public schools for possible cheating after a state analysis of scores from 2008 to 2010 ...
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Bronx Charter School Disciplined Over Admissions Methods NYT: Academic Leadership Charter School is the first New York City charter disciplined for violating admissions rules, which require purely random selection.