Evaluating Teachers: EWA Seminar Sparks Debate
We had nearly 50 education journalists in Chicago for a one-day EWA seminar on "Evaluating Teachers: Beyond the Rhetoric." I encourage you to read some of the terrific work being done this week by the seminar participants, including the Kalamazoo Gazette's Julie Mack and Dave Murray of the Grand Rapids Press. (I'll post additional stories as they are published.) Mack cleverly organized some of the lessons from the seminar into "10 things to think about as Michigan and other states overhaul teacher evaluations." Her summary is both thoughtful and engaging. Dave Murray reported on one of the more controversial remarks made at Saturday's event, by Tim Knowles, the John Dewey director of the University of Chicago Urban Education Institute. Knowles