Teachers weigh in on tenure, evaluations
By NANCY ZUCKERBROD
WASHINGTON (AP) — Think it's hard for schools to get bad teachers out of the classroom? Turns out teachers agree.
More than half of teachers believe it's too difficult to weed out ineffective teachers who have tenure, and nearly half say they personally know such a teacher, according to a survey released Tuesday evening by the Education Sector, a nonpartisan think tank.
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John Taylor Gatto, the libertarian author of The Underground History of American Education and former New York State and New York City Teacher of the Year, is raising money to produce a three-episode, six-hour Ken-Burns-type documentary examining the forces, trends and conscious intentions "behind the persistent dumbing down of our children."
As a country, we are embarrassingly uninformed about the machinery that occupies fully one-half of our waking childhood and shapes us for the remainder of our lives. If we can get excited about an 18-hour series on Baseball, 10 hours on the Civil War and 20 hours on the Old West, there is certainly room in our collective psyche to consider the institution that shapes us throughout our youth. Yet without a context in which to examine American schooling, it is virtually impossible to understand the system we have created. Without such a context we are condemned to repeat our mistakes as we continually try to fix the symptoms rather than the causes of the problems.
Gatto, a long-time foe of compulsory education, has exhaustively documented the omnipresence in public K-12 education of the attitude expressed by Woodrow Wilson to businessmen before the First World War:
Wilson: "We want one class to have a liberal education. We want another much larger class of necessity, to forgo the privilege of a liberal education and fit themselves to perform specific difficult manual tasks."
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Do you think federal education dollars are being wasted in Nevada? U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings is offering a pilot project that would allow up to 10 states to spend their federal dollars differently if they'll focus intensely on the schools farthest from achieving their No Child Left Behind goals.
Education Week has a story on the new program at http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/03/26/29spellings_ep.h27.html
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Teachers and Unions Fight Over Who Controls the Classroom
Teachers want more control over their classrooms? How dare they! Who do they think they are? Our public school systems are no place for classroom specific teaching strategies created by teachers who best know how to meet the needs of their students!
Wait a minute. Isn’t that type of school system and teacher exactly what our children need?
Not according to teacher unions in Denver ...
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The word on the street is that there's a new kid in town and she's looking for trouble. Looking to shed light on some of the trouble plaguing the Nevada school systems, that is.
Mary Stubblefield, the newest member of the Nevada Policy Research Institute, is their new Education Initiatives Coordinator and also will be moderating Teacher Talk NV. If you have any comments or suggestions for her regarding TTN or just feel like sayin’ howdy, please feel free to comment here or give her a ring at the NPRI office.
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I read everything Chip Mosher writes. His Socrates in Sodom column has been appearing in Las Vegas CityLife virtually every week since January 2005. If you’re a Nevada teacher and haven’t yet discovered him, you owe it to yourself to check him out. Not only is Chip a talented and often hilarious writer, but he regularly turns up juicy reports on the scams and lunacies of our education overlords that will do your poor oppressed sense of justice genuine good. All that said, however, Chip in one fundamental way is simply a nut. Now, everybody has a right to be a lunatic sometimes, and the reality is that virtually all of us ARE nuts in at least one or two areas of our lives ALL the time.
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Last month a panel of Democrats ignored the prospective anger of teacher union bosses and talked about how charter schools regularly turn out to be the best schools the public education establishment has to offer.
Democrats for Education Reform hosted the panel, along with the Massachusetts Charter Public School Assn.The event was aired on C-SPAN and can be watched here.
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The District of Columbia's schools chancellor, Michelle Rhee, is shaking up and shaping up Washington, D.C. schools.
BY COLLIN LEVY
"I see it as a social justice issue--I want them all to be in excellent schools. The kids in Tenleytown are getting a wildly different educational experience than the kids in Anacostia, so our schools are not serving their purpose."
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The RJ pulled the cover off the Clark County School District's phony violence stats today. All Southern Nevada teachers already know that teaching in Clark County high schools can be dangerous to your health, but now the CCSD's longtime cover-up is falling apart.
Read about it here
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Critics such as EdWatch say the three core mandates of NCLB that must be ended are: • Equalizing outcomes, rather than raising the achievement of all. NCLB is targeted exclusively to the bottom. Average and gifted students are ignored. A...
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Tourists think the shows in Las Vegas are on the Strip. Locals know better, finding drama to rival any Greek tragedy at a recent CCSD school board meeting as recounted by a CCSD teacher and writer. Las Vegas CityLife November...
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We are all familiar with computer service needs being met by technicians in India. How about help with your homework? Technology is providing more educational assistance for students when parents don’t have the time or background to help. Is this...
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Most AP courses pass muster nationally, but 1/3 of classes require greater scrutiny. Most AP Classes Survive Audit By Scott J. Cech Education Week Published Online: November 5, 2007 Despite dramatic growth in the number of high school students taking...
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Will NCLB be fixed, scrapped, or sail on as is? Never mind the details. This confirms one of the foundational criticisms of NCLB, the feds have a long history of making problems worse when stepping into local and state matters...
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Can performance pay for teachers be done fairly? Could it be better than the current, standard salary schedule? The Center for American Progress says yes. What say you? Getting the Facts Straight on Performance Pay in the Proposed Draft of...
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One of the best articles on the ever changing debate and concerns for reauthorization of NCLB is covered in detail by this LA Times article. Who knows what NCLB II will look like? There is a lot to fix and...
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I find the dialogue and discussion on Education Week between educators Deborah Meier and Diane Ravitch to be informative and erudite. They tackle the complexities of education well and are worth reading. Bridging Differences Deborah Meier and Diane Ravitch have...
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It does seem unfair to have principals delivering district decisions, especially when this particular district has a large communications department. October 30, 2007 LOOKING IN ON: EDUCATION Message to schools: Don't make principals give the bad news By Emily Richmond...
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Often students think that history is cut and dry, all the facts are known, and it is simply memorizing the facts. New information is always being discovered in history. Engaging students with the many mysteries of past events and little...
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I feel Cindi’s pain. While the use of laptops in Maine, see yesterday’s post, has been attributed to improving student writing, technology is a double edged sword. Sloppy English used by students in e-mails, IM’s, and over reliance on Spell...
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The Los Angeles Times has an interesting educators’ blog, The Homeroom, allowing teachers to raise and discuss the issues they face in the classroom. As an example, I’m posting the strand about the plagiarism problem a young teacher published and...
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Many school districts in Nevada are struggling with large numbers of ELL students. Questions have been raised regarding the effectiveness of Reading First and the need to refine it as the main federal tool to deal with ELL students. Published...
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Maine has a creative program to improve student writing with laptops. A follow up study seems to support the program as being effective. Published Online: October 24, 2007 Maine’s Laptops Found to Aid Writing Scores By The Associated Press Maine’s...
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This Las Vegas Sun article raises the question of whether the initiative against gaming really reflects the NSEA’s legislative failures and lack of representing teachers’ interests. Can the NSEA pull off distracting the voters and teachers at the same time...
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Chip Mosher shares a detailed anecdote about how the CCEA fails to represent a dues paying teacher. The union’s answer is “let them eat cake” or in this case literally “bend over.” Sad to say by Chip Mosher Las Vegas...
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Chip Mosher recounts CCEA president’s chilling statement and backpedaling on Las Vegas television. The rest is silence by Chip Mosher Las Vegas City Life October 4, 2007 DEAR READER, I wanted to avoid the banality of school district issues this...
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As the previous post asks what goes wrong in the middle school to high school transition, this post offers sage tips for teachers in handling the elementary to middle school transition. Published: October 3, 2007 Teaching Secrets: Organizing Middle Schoolers...
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Many of us have seen first-hand the majority of students dropping out are in the 9th and 10th grades in Nevada. The study below confirms this nationally. What is it in your opinion that accounts for a large number students...
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The Thomas Fordham Foundation has released today its study showing states have very different levels in determining what is proficient in math and reading. These states even have different levels of difficulty within a subject by not properly aligning and...
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Published in the Green Valley News September 20/21 The teachers of Clark County are currently facing a tough choice. Unfortunately, the choice they are being offered is between two unions, neither of which is designed to address the needs and...
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The Association of American Educators released a survey of their members reflecting direct differences with the unions over performance pay and use of growth models. Many teachers recognize the utilization of growth models are in their interests. Of course the...
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As a nationally respected education reform and research institution, Fordham Foundation’s criticisms and insights into NCLB re-authorization deserve attention. Where we stand We provoked a bit of a stir with last week's piece, featured in the Wall Street Journal and...
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Methinks coercing 17-year-olds to stay in school is a big mistake. They will resent it, potentially disrupt classes, and it will not be effective in making them learn. What say you? Oct. 01, 2007 Las Vegas Review-Journal Dropout age change...
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The Las Vegas Review-Journal correctly pointed out the good idea of administrators spending a little time teaching. Many administrators are completely out of touch with teaching, or at least teaching in the environment which they currently oversee. I remember one...
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Here’s another article about CCEA’s self-serving and arrogant leadership. Charges of gouging an education charity and not representing the interests of CCEA dues paying members may take its toll. Most teachers in the trenches will reconsider the wisdom of paying...
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There’s something fishy in Denmark. In fact a Dane once told me a fish rots from the head. Hold your nose as you read the article below. Charity gravy train: A foundation run by the teachers' union helps instructors --...
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As originally reported by TTNV on August 28, there were 497 CCEA drops in July of 2007. Now available are other important numbers to put this in perspective. The average number of summer window CCEA drops over the last 5...
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Poor record keeping and favoritism raise eyebrows in the wake of Garcia’s departure as head cop for the Clark County School District. September 19, 2007 Accounts questioned after chief leaves: Schools' top cop gave work to an associate, then quits...
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Sadly, we can’t even give away the CCEA or the NSEA. Disgruntled Voter Puts Belgium Up for Sale on EBay Tuesday , September 18, 2007 Associated Press BRUSSELS, Belgium — The keys of the kingdom were posted on eBay. Fed...
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Florida and Las Vegas have a lot in common. Here’s the original article from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Broward Teachers Union negotiates big raises for vets, little for newcomers By Jean-Paul Renaud | South Florida Sun-Sentinel September 7, 2007 Broward...
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I suspect teacher union leaders count on a combination of apathy and members being too buried in work to notice their self-serving activities. Arrogance and chutzpah also play a major role. Teacher’s Union That Represents Few of Their Own Members...
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Schools have been caught in the middle of illegal immigration issues. School districts and the feds are coping with safety and legal rights. Published in Print: September 12, 2007 With Immigrants, Districts Balance Safety, Legalities By Mary Ann Zehr Education...
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Not only have the feds marginalized subjects, but studies are showing NCLB is marginalizing some students too. Published Online: September 10, 2007 High-Achieving Students From Lower-Income Families Fall Behind, Study Finds By Catherine Gewertz Education Week The educational accountability movement’s...
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It seems that NCLB reauthorization may address the disservice done to non-tested subjects. Published in Print: September 12, 2007 House Plan Embraces Subjects Viewed as Neglected By Kathleen Kennedy Manzo Education Week Advocates for broadening the curriculum hope a draft...
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Leading Democrat criticized the NEA over its complete rejection of merit pay. Published: September 11, 2007 Debate Over Merit Pay Heats Up By The Associated Press in Teacher Magazine Washington The head of the nation's largest teacher's union and a...
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Online learning is growing across the nation and in Nevada. Nevada Connections Academy has started its first year of statewide online instruction for grades 4 to 11, planning to add the 12th grade next year. Washoe County School District has...
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Teachers4change is raising an excellent issue regarding CCEA abuses of members; the short, not advertised window to drop membership from only July 1 to 15 each year. You can join anytime of course. Challenging this short drop period has long...
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Our neighbor to the east has drawn Spellings' ire and fire. KCPW in Utah reports: Utah Continues to Draw Fire from Feds Over NCLB Sep 06, 2007 by Julie Rose (KCPW News) The top education official in the nation continues...
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Teachers4Change reports: Last Wednesday Teamsters intercepted this e-mail to all principals in the Clark County School District. This message was sent by none other than Fran Juhasz, CCSD Human Resources. This mistake on their part will spark additional charges against...
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Nevada teachers appreciate Alexander Russo’s reporting as he provides detailed, up-to-date coverage of federal education issues. Alexander Russo's inside scoop on education news. Written by former Senate education staffer and journalist Alexander Russo, This Week in Education covers education news,...
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Do not under any circumstances break test guidelines or security. CYA! Make sure administration assigns at least 2 teachers to monitor testing in each classroom. If you are assigned to test alone, you are vulnerable to potential allegations and should...
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How widespread is cheating by students? Most of us are shocked by the lazy nature of it to avoid simply studying combined with the lack of remorse when we catch them. September 06, 2007 For cheaters, iPods are playing their...
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Accomplished, veteran teachers are speaking up and out about union misrepresentation and coercion used against them when they exercise their right to free speech and question union spending. They recount cases of their union refusing to represent them and working...
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Major poll shows as public awareness of NCLB increases, so does dislike. Published in Print: August 29, 2007 Poll Finds Rise in Unfavorable Views of NCLB Education Week By Andrew Trotter More Americans say they are knowledgeable about the No...
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Published Online: August 29, 2007 Education Week By Debra Viadero Although some 90 percent of teachers may be considered "highly qualified'' under the teacher-quality provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act, varying state definitions of what counts as highly...
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The House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor is asking for teachers’ comments by September 5 on the draft to change and renew NCLB. This is a great opportunity to voice your opinion and provide your professional insights. The...
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TeacherTalk NV Exclusive Despite having only 9 business days annually to drop CCEA membership (July 1 to 15), 497 teachers (source: CCSD) in Clark County concluded paying $600 a year to a union that does not represent their interests is...
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Humor is to teaching what oil is for engines, the lack of which all freezes up. On a special Teacher's Day, a kindergarten teacher was receiving teacher appreciation gifts from her pupils. The florist's son handed her a gift. She...
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Why do school air conditioners work from October to March and are out April to September? August 21, 2007 Teacher Magazine Blogboard A Hot Topic The first day of school has Junior High School Teacher sweating bullets—and it’s not from...
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Teachers who are new to a school have their hands full getting to know their new environment, colleagues, administrators, policies and procedures while preparing their classrooms and curricula before the first students arrive. Add to that the stresses of moving...
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Should we get more for students scoring well and how would one measure and distribute it? Published: August 18, 2007 View of Merit Pay Shifting By The Associated Press Washington While the words "merit pay" drew hisses and boos at...
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I remember watching the Challenger disaster on television as if it was only yesterday. Teacher Magazine Published: August 15, 2007 Barbara Morgan Holds Class By The Associated Press Cape Canaveral, Fla. Teacher-astronaut Barbara Morgan transformed the space shuttle and space...
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A teacher of gifted students posted excellent points on the Education Week blog regarding the lack of attention for these special students to reach their potential and why. http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/unwrapping_the_gifted/ Unwrapping the Gifted By Tamara Fisher Tamara Fisher is a K-12...
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Is it unreasonable for qualified and properly trained teachers volunteering to carry guns as a measure against random school shootings? The CCEA claims to represent teachers saying, "I'm a common-sense guy, but it's hard to wade through this," said John...
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Are smaller high schools the answer to losing students? One Clark County School District teacher thinks it may be. Aug. 03, 2007 Las Vegas Review-Journal LETTERS: We're losing students in high school To the editor: As a high school teacher...
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What can we do to address Nevada’s high drop out rate given we are a service economy with numerous jobs that do not require a high school diploma? Nevada kids fare better but problems persist July 24, 2007 Lenita Powers...
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Should teachers be awarded school wide or individually, assuming a fair individual measuring system was utilized? August 01, 2007 Empowerment teachers get little something extra By Emily Richmond Las Vegas Sun Pay bonuses - the kind of incentives that typically...
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What say you to Nevada’s school board members voting for their own raises? Jul. 27, 2007 Divided Clark County School Board approves pay raises for trustees By Beth Walton Las Vegas Review-Journal Clark County School Board trustees gave themselves a...
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Call me cynical, but isn’t this an oxymoron? Updated: August 3, 2007 Congress Passes ‘Competitiveness’ Bill By Sean Cavanagh Education Week Congress approved legislation Thursday that seeks to bolster mathematics and science education through improved teacher recruitment and training and...
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The study below contradicts that there is widespread teacher dissatisfaction with the profession. It would be interesting to see what a Nevada specific survey would show. I suspect from experience Nevada teachers’ dissatisfaction level would be high. Published Online: August...
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A number of financial incentive programs, including here in Nevada, have been set up to lure more people into teaching, particularly in math and science. This article reports the programs may not be working. It also lists some programs many...
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It seems neither side of the aisle is happy with NCLB. It will be interesting to see if it is reauthorized and in what form. Published Online: July 30, 2007 Includes correction(s): August 1, 2007 Miller Outlines Proposed Changes for...
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This one burns me up as I’ve seen it done to other teachers. Web Watch Teacher Magazine August 2, 2007 Principal Pulls Rank, Teacher Quits According to a New York Times article, Austin Lampros, a New York City math teacher,...
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We all knew they were doing it and a recently released national survey confirms non-tested subjects are being squeezed out to meet NCLB’s AYP measures. Published in Print: August 1, 2007 Survey: Subjects Trimmed To Boost Math and Science By...
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Here they go again. It is nothing new and actually is a pattern and practice. Whether they’re lining their pockets at members’ expense or ignoring pervasive building level harassment, the NEA and its affiliates do not have our best interests...
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I print
Posted by Slim
on 07-23-2007 at 3:01 PM:
This article from TeacherMagazine hit home with me. I had a very hard time with cursive being left-handed. The only way I could make my cursive look decently was to go very slowly to the point my hand hurt. I...
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Today's Reno Gazette-Journal has an interesting article recognizing why teachers are leaving jobs and the profession as a whole. Tough to keep newer teachers Maggie O'Neill Reno Gazette-Journal July 23, 2007 Half of new teachers leave the field within five...
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By The Associated Press Little Rock A one-year moratorium on new teaching guidelines set to take effect this fall is being sought by historians upset with what they say will be a watering down of the teaching of Arkansas history...
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By The Associated Press Las Vegas The Clark County School District has reduced its teacher shortage by more than half by recruiting in Midwest cities that have laid off teachers or that have an abundance of unemployed teachers. The school...
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By Debra Viadero EducationWeek Washington A new study of Chicago students suggests that the federal No Child Left Behind Act may indeed be leaving behind students at the far ends of the academic ability spectrum—the least able students and those...
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The following was posted on the Clark County Teachers’ Lounge by its moderator. You can listen live to the radio broadcast if you are out of the area on their Web site at http://www.knpr.org/son/index.cfm. A few educators, a phone call...
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The 2007 Legislative Session passed raises for Nevada school board members, which will go into effect in January of 2009. School boards may vote in these new pay levels anytime prior to 2009. SB 328 set the rates based on...
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The following op-ed ran as a letter yesterday in the Las Vegas Review Journal. http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/8386412.html Professional choice To the editor: Because more and more teachers in Clark County have expressed discontent with their representative unit, the Clark County Education Association,...
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Re-posted from Teacher Magazine Web Watch http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/webwatch July 10, 2007 Turning to Teachers Unhappy with a new curriculum developed by an outside firm, Pittsburgh's school district is diverting money from the company’s contract to hire district teachers and academic coaches...
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Below is a thought provoking and repeated look at the devolution of math education. The Evolution of Math in the United States Last week I purchased a burger and fries at McDonalds for $3.58. The counter girl took my $4.00...
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Re-posted from Teacher Magazine Web Watch http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/webwatch July 9, 2007 Don't Hurry Math Pennsylvania is learning the hard way that modernizing math instruction does not always further comprehension. The state’s students are faltering in math placement tests, in spite of...
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Re-posted from Teacher Magazine Web Watch http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/webwatch July 6, 2007 A New Yardstick As the debate over evaluating test scores continues, many schools across the country are shifting their method of evaluating student progress. More than two dozen states, including...
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Re-posted from Teacher Magazine Web Watch http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/webwatch June 27, 2007 Teachers Attacked Reports of assaults against teachers seem to growing, particularly in big city schools. Sometimes they are verbal. Sometimes they are violent physical attacks. NPR’s Fresh Air host Terry...
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That ever so short period to drop union membership has arrived. I for one dropped after years of being a building representative in rural Nevada. I wanted to know exactly how our dues were being spent. I asked and was...
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How do we professionalize teaching? This is a central question pondered by Ronald Wolk below. It’s a relevant question in Nevada in terms of how it could relate to “empowerment schools.” What do you think? Published: May 1, 2007 Teacher...
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