“Why Great Teachers Aren’t Enough To Make Schools Work” by H. Kwalwasser
August 29, 2011
One of the concepts in the federal Race to the Top initiative is the evaluating of teachers and administrators to reward–or punish–them according to their “effectiveness.” States are enticed by federal grants to incorporate this feature into their education systems. This plan requires massive amounts of student data to be collected so that teacher-student correlations can be made, and this, in itself, should raise concerns. Moreover, attention is being focused in the wrong direction.
Harold Kwalwasser’s article, “Why Great Teachers Aren’t Enough to Make Schools Work,” featured in Valerie Strauss’s blog on Washington Post.com, focuses on the right direction. Read the article.
Tags: Race to the Top, federal
One of the concepts in the federal Race to the Top initiative is the evaluating of teachers and administrators to reward–or punish–them according to their “effectiveness.” States are enticed by federal grants to incorporate this feature into their education systems. This plan requires massive amounts of student data to be collected so that teacher-student correlations can be made, and this, in itself, should raise concerns. Moreover, attention is being focused in the wrong direction.
Harold Kwalwasser’s article, “Why Great Teachers Aren’t Enough to Make Schools Work,” featured in Valerie Strauss’s blog on Washington Post.com, focuses on the right direction. Read the article.
Tags: Race to the Top, federal