NYC Public School Parents: John King's decision on teacher evaluation: voodoo or wake-up call for "bad" teachers?

NYC Public School Parents: John King's decision on teacher evaluation: voodoo or wake-up call for "bad" teachers?:

John King's decision on teacher evaluation: voodoo or wake-up call for "bad" teachers?

by Leonie Haimson

Lots of news and commentary this morning on Commissioner John King’s 

From the front page of today's NY Post

decision on a new NYC teacher evaluation system. 

Here's the one I like best:  Jersey Jazzman'sExclusive!  First look at NY Student surveys for Teacher evaluation (based on the the fact that starting in 3rd grade, the results of student surveys will be part of the formula.)  See also NYC Educator:  Highlights of Reformy John's New Decree.

NYC Doenuts points out that the 20% that was supposed to be based upon "locally-determined measures" to allow for flexibility will have to be selected from a pre-determined menu selected by John King: Making Sense Of the New Eval System.

Before we get to the mainstream media, which is mainly limited to repeating the pronouncements of Cuomo, Bloomberg, King, Walcott and Mulgrew about how much this system will benefit NYC children,  let us recall the celebration of these folks at City Hall in 2010, when NY state was awarded Race to the Top funds.  What have we gotten from the collective efforts of these men to win these funds?