Former KIPP Students Respond to KIPP Teacher Interview Excerpt
The KIPP damage control machine has not sprung into full action mode yet, but my recent sharing of a small clip from one interview with a former KIPP teacher has generated a number of comments here and here and here. (Note that anyone other than those forced into anonymity for security or safety reasons should include real names when posting comments at SM).I include two responses below from two
Market-Driven Researchers Find that Reality Is Messy III
This is the third in a series of critiques of Matt DiCarlo's "The Year in Research on Market-Based Education Reforms: 2013." The preceding posts, here and here, summarized research on some obvious problems with value-added evaluations that should have been foreseen. This post addresses pitfalls that were discovered after value-added systems were implemented. The preceding post concluded
1-8-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Anthem for High Stakes Testing Era (with apologies to Country Joe McDonald)To be sung to the tune of “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die” by Country Joe and the Fish (see video below)Well come on all you teachers and tykes,Uncle Sam’s made a problem he’s tryin’ to hype,He got himself some pressure to privatize, All the schools in the nation right before our eyes,
So put down your books
