We Can’t Afford to De-Professionalize Education
We Can’t Afford to De-Professionalize Education
by Ellen Wood
The fight that pitted the Chicago Teachers Union against performance-based decision making by the district’s school leaders de-professionalizes education at a time when we desperately need to recruit the best and brightest to teach in our nation’s schools.
What was the fight about in Chicago? Contrary to what most people and media outlets assume, it wasn’t about money. The Chicago Teachers Union opposes the implementation of a new teacher evaluation system — as set forth in Illinois state legislation — that requires some portion to be based on student performance scores, and in
by Ellen Wood
The fight that pitted the Chicago Teachers Union against performance-based decision making by the district’s school leaders de-professionalizes education at a time when we desperately need to recruit the best and brightest to teach in our nation’s schools.
What was the fight about in Chicago? Contrary to what most people and media outlets assume, it wasn’t about money. The Chicago Teachers Union opposes the implementation of a new teacher evaluation system — as set forth in Illinois state legislation — that requires some portion to be based on student performance scores, and in