Missouri Education Watchdog: Is Getting Rid of "Ineffective Teachers" THE Panacea to Education Reform?

Missouri Education Watchdog: Is Getting Rid of "Ineffective Teachers" THE Panacea to Education Reform?:

Is Getting Rid of "Ineffective Teachers" THE Panacea to Education Reform?

by stlgretchen

Firing all those bad teachers hasn't helped Riverview Gardens scores. Oops.

From the St. Louis Post Dispatch letters to the editor August 19:

Absolutely failing students

Regarding "First day of school, report cards are in" (Aug. 14): Well, I guess all those bad teachers were not the problem at the Riverview Gardens School District after all. Since the state of Missouri hijacked the district two years ago under the auspices of No Child Left Behind, firing dozens of dedicated, experienced teachers, what has been accomplished there? Riverview Gardens' test scores are the absolute worst in St. Louis County, and the district's measurable academic achievement surpasses that of only a handful of the