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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Jersey Jazzman: What Research?!

Jersey Jazzman: What Research?!:


What Research?!

This is amazing; Tom Moran of the Star-Ledger did it again!
Tenure reform, the most important part of this package, is facing stubborn opposition. Democrats won’t kill it outright, but they may weaken it enough to justify a veto by Christie.
Research shows that children suffer lasting damage when they have a bad teacher for even one or two years. In urban districts, where more kids are struggling to begin with, the damage is magnified. [emphasis mine]
Not even a high school freshman would be able to get away with referring to "research" without a citation. But