tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post8861508028968636753..comments2024-03-24T11:39:28.574-04:00Comments on NYC Public School Parents: The Joke’s on UsPatrick Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631038958645725010noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-22841969486630403762012-02-12T15:59:47.892-05:002012-02-12T15:59:47.892-05:00Great piece!
I wouldn't be surprised if tho...Great piece! <br /><br />I wouldn't be surprised if those two basketball buddies conjured up the RttT scam just to see if the public would fall for it. Well, we did and the faux-democrats are having the last laugh while teachers and students go home crying.<br /><br />I plan to put it on FB.zulmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-45108331963336728772012-02-12T12:42:50.719-05:002012-02-12T12:42:50.719-05:00Thank you. This explains everything. The only was ...Thank you. This explains everything. The only was Race To the Top and its ridiculous emphasis on testing made any sense was if it was really a joke. I really appreciate you for clearing this up for me.Joelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-20647246046413380892012-02-11T22:11:38.426-05:002012-02-11T22:11:38.426-05:00As a math teacher, it is my fault if my students a...As a math teacher, it is my fault if my students aren't able to read the word problems I give them, and I get in trouble for not including more literacy in my math curriculum. So please let me for forget about trying to teach my students how to use the quadratic equation, I need them to do more free writes in class....<br /><br />sigh... What happened to being expected to do math drills in class until you are forced to memorize how to do the problems in your sleep? What happened to wanting to work with struggling kids? If my evaluation and job retention is going to be tied to test scores, I don't want to work in a poor school. I would rather work in a school where the kids have two parents, where drugs aren't an issue, where the kids actually have food in the fridge when they get home, where there is no worry about violent gangs and gunfire. If I'm going to lose my job because on my evaluation it states I couldn't help my kids pass the algebra regents when they come to me reading at a 3rd grade level, screw this. I'm quitting working in a poor school and am aiming for the rich schools instead.<br /><br />Education is falling the the hole, and some people wonder why. I wanted my whole life to be a teacher and help students who actually need help, but not when the system is going to be like this. I'm sorry, NYC, but you might need to find another math teacher. I love math, and I love teaching it, but the way you treat teachers make me think I need to rethink my career options.Frustrated Math Teachernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-71283548582644941252012-02-11T21:39:26.137-05:002012-02-11T21:39:26.137-05:00Almost Onion-worthy...Almost Onion-worthy...Ian H.http://www.marturia.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-43629233988953185982012-02-11T19:30:59.115-05:002012-02-11T19:30:59.115-05:001. Duncan put his kids in Arlington schools when ...1. Duncan put his kids in Arlington schools when he came to DC as sec ed.<br /><br />2. So far Virginia has not taken RttT money. So far. Thus Arlington, where I live and where I have taught in the past, does not HAVE to tie teacher evaluation to student scores. <br /><br />3. Virginia has a strict Dillon rule. If state were to sign on to RttT, Arlington would have to comply. <br /><br />4. I did write "potentially" - they are in a public school, which already makes them subject to NCLB. Obama's kids are in Sidwell Friends, which exempts them from all of those federal mandates.teacherkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02225551101423123044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-20835246817766688212012-02-11T19:24:35.261-05:002012-02-11T19:24:35.261-05:00But if you check the link, teacherken, you'll ...But if you check the link, teacherken, you'll see that the Arlington district eschews tying teacher evaluations to test scores: "We do not tie teacher evaluations to scores in the Arlington public school system." (Arlington school district teacher, March 31, 2011). So it's likely that the district has managed to avoid many of the other aspects of RTTT as well. After all, why else would Duncan have chosen it for his kids?Gary Babadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02081430777224237696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-16656778204640380672012-02-11T18:58:08.873-05:002012-02-11T18:58:08.873-05:00Duncan's kids attend public school in Arlingto...Duncan's kids attend public school in Arlington VA. They are potentially subject to Race to the Top.teacherkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02225551101423123044noreply@blogger.com