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Friday, March 2, 2012

Deborah Kenny on Morning Joe: "these types of things cannot be measured by a standardized test." - THE DAILY RIFF - Be Smarter. About Education.

Deborah Kenny on Morning Joe: "these types of things cannot be measured by a standardized test." - THE DAILY RIFF - Be Smarter. About Education.:

Deborah Kenny on Morning Joe: "these types of things cannot be measured by a standardized test."


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"You have to empower teachers
and the only is to have real authentic accountability."


"First of all,
the most important things cannot be measured - objectively."
(referring to how a student speaks or writes) ". . . these types of things cannot be measured by a standardized test."

- both quotes by Deborah Kenny, responding to question by Scarborough
on how to evaluate teachers most fairly and effectively

Accountability: The debate continues . . .


Check out clip below from this morning's MSNBC "Morning Joe" special on education.

Deborah Kenny, CEO of Harlem Village Academies joins Randi Weingarten, head of AFT,
and have a worthwhile discussion on teacher accountability and autonomy. Here is the time breakdown by minute marks:

3:00 - Weingarten answers what is needed for true reform
5:00 - Kenny answers same question agreeing with Weingarten but "with a caveat"
6:40 - Kenny lays out how and why our schools are structured to not allow empow