Former Superintendent Debates Union Head
Thanks to a kind reader for sending along this PBS NewsHour segment in which former LAUSD superintendent Roy Romer debates American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten:
It’s a couple of weeks old but still might be worth the watch, given the ongoing debate over including student achievement in teacher evaluations and whether unions can or should be involved in reform. Or read the transcript here.
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The recent LA Magazine profile of Superintendent John Deasy included a surprising statistic:
“When Deasy arrived, about 98 percent of eligible teachers were granted tenure. Now the approval rate is less than 50 percent.”
That sounded unbelievable to me– it either had to be a mistake, or the result of some little-publicized but
It’s a couple of weeks old but still might be worth the watch, given the ongoing debate over including student achievement in teacher evaluations and whether unions can or should be involved in reform. Or read the transcript here.
The post Former Superintendent Debates Union Head appeared first on LA School Report.
Tenure Approval Still +90 Percent
The recent LA Magazine profile of Superintendent John Deasy included a surprising statistic:“When Deasy arrived, about 98 percent of eligible teachers were granted tenure. Now the approval rate is less than 50 percent.”
That sounded unbelievable to me– it either had to be a mistake, or the result of some little-publicized but
Morning Read: Prop. 38 Debate Heats Up
Leg Analyst: Prop. 38 Won’t Stop $6 Billion in Trigger Cuts to Schools CTA Blog: During a September 24 hearing, a member of the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst Office’s team told members of the Assembly Budget Committee that Proposition 38 would not prevent $6 billion in automatic or trigger cuts to public education in 2011-2012.
TV ads for Prop. 38 start airing SF Chronicle: The 30-second spot hits on the themes that proponents have
TV ads for Prop. 38 start airing SF Chronicle: The 30-second spot hits on the themes that proponents have