Eleven year old: ‘Ridiculous’ to use my test to grade my teacher
In the out-of-the-mouths-of-babes category, here’s a post about the flaws of modern teacher evaluation that are evidence to an 11-year-old but,
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apparently, not to school reformers. It was written by Sean C. Feeney, principal of The Wheatley School and president of the Nassau County High School Principals Association.
Feeney is a co-author of the New York State Principals’ APPR letter of concern regarding the evaluation of teachers by student test scores that has been signed by more than 1,500 New York principals and more than 5,400 teachers, parents, professors
School libraries without books
Imagine a newly modernized school with a built-in library/media center — but no books to put on the shelves. Actually, you don’t have to imagine.
Read about what’s going on with libraries in D.C. public schools (DCPS) in this open letter to Mayor Vincent Gray from D.C. resident and school library advocate Peter MacPherson. He’s been fighting a move by DCPS to cut funding for dozens of school librarian positions.
