My questions for Michael Williams, new TEA chief
My friend Bill McKenzie put out four questions yesterday for the state’s new public education chief, Michael Williams. Here are four more, from me:1) What’s your reaction to Arne Duncan’s invitation to Texas to apply for NCLB waivers?
2) Will the agency step up enforcement on alleged cheating on state tests? (The reference point is the El Paso ISD scandal that the feds had to clean up.)
3) What elements of a school’s activities, outside of test scores, need to be reflected and measured in mapping out the new STAAR accountability system?
4) What’s your position on the mushrooming number of schools with oversized classes as the results of budget cuts? Is it hurting education, and does it need to be controlled?