tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post4315545257243262770..comments2024-03-24T11:39:28.574-04:00Comments on NYC Public School Parents: Dmytro Fedkowskyj on why he voted "No" on the 23 school closingsPatrick Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631038958645725010noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-85899111874841099222012-02-14T07:38:26.542-05:002012-02-14T07:38:26.542-05:00Anonymous,
I believe you conclusionmiss off the m...Anonymous, <br />I believe you conclusionmiss off the mark. They really mean to say, "don't close our school, give our teachers the resources we need to be effective." Just like every student's needs are unique, so to our the needs of our teachers.<br /><br />Effective educators develop over time and with experience. They are not interchangeable parts on an assembly line.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-20940155479259320972012-02-13T14:28:04.277-05:002012-02-13T14:28:04.277-05:00What people really mean when they say “Don’t Shut ...What people really mean when they say “Don’t Shut down our Schools, Fix our schools.” The answer lies in what research has recently found. Research has found the difference between being assigned to one of the system’s best teachers and its worst is about an additional grade-level worth of proficiency. <br /><br />Research has found the most important factor in the education of a child is the effectiveness of the classroom teacher and that teachers vary dramatically in effectiveness. <br />Research has found that 97 percent of what makes a teacher more effective than another is unrelated to experience or credentials and has to with innate personal characteristics and attributes such as patience, enthusiasm, presence in the classroom, and the ability to tell when a student is following the material or falling behind. <br /><br />Research has found that a teacher is at his worst his first year, gets better in his second year, and third year, and then never gets better after that and no amount of professional development or additional support on average will dramatically increase a teachers effectiveness.<br /><br />Research has found that the variation in teacher quality is a direct result of employing teachers on factors unrelated to a teacher’s effectiveness. <br />Now we know that when it comes to firing ineffective teachers the DOE’s hands are tied. We also know that giving an ineffective teacher more money will not improve his or her effectiveness nor will providing additional professional development or supports. <br /><br />So if the most important factor in improving the quality of a school is increasing the number of effective teachers then those who argue “Don’t Shut down our Schools, Fix our schools” really mean to say “Don’t Shut down our Schools, Fire the ineffective teachers.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-81119107026932265322012-02-12T12:38:21.596-05:002012-02-12T12:38:21.596-05:00The people on the board appointed by Bloomberg as ...The people on the board appointed by Bloomberg as well as the school chancellor do nothing more than follow the Bloomberg line.The closing of these schools are just a ploy by the education mayor to pretend that he cares about the children in our schools.. it is really nothing more than a cover up for his failure in education in the nine years he has been in charge of our schools.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-38015431895785125642012-02-12T07:31:27.420-05:002012-02-12T07:31:27.420-05:00Wow. What does it say about the SI rep that she ca...Wow. What does it say about the SI rep that she can cavalierly vote to close every school in the city except that in her own borough?NYC Educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12188066345722781723noreply@blogger.com