Sunday links.
The correlation of value added scores in NY and the quality of a teacher from year to year? None.
Retired math teacher GFBrandenburg’s blog explains why Bill Gates didn’t want the VAM scores made public. They’re total bullshit and blow the cover off of his reform agenda.
The VAM scores mean nothing says a highly-rated New York school teacher.
We’re almost at 8,000 signatures on retired teacher and former IEA President Bob Haisman’s petition to return state funding to retiree health insurance. Can we hit 10,000 today. Sure we can.
David Coleman, architect of Common Core: “People don’t really give a shit about what you (students) feel