Modern School: Give the People What They Want—Educational Snake Oil and Teachers to Burn!

Modern School: Give the People What They Want—Educational Snake Oil and Teachers to Burn!:

Give the People What They Want—Educational Snake Oil and Teachers to Burn!

by Michael Dunn

Burn, Teacher, Burn! (Image from Flickr, cdrummks)

A recent poll by the Los Angeles Times and University of Southern California has found that a majority of California voters want teacher evaluations made public and student test scores used in their reviews.

So what?

Does the public necessarily get or even deserve what it demands? Do we make employee