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Disappointing debate over teacher unions
I wish I could say I had learned something from the education globule’s recent debate over the role of teacher unions, but I haven’t. When the apparent tail end of the discussion ends with a claim that “unions… are tenacious and need to be defeated, over and over and over again if reform is to […]
Quick notes on administration
Three writings on transitions to administration and faculty-administration relations: Serviceable by Gary Olson Sensible by DeanDad Very good (essential) by Tenured Radical One of my concerns about Olson’s piece is that it assumes that the upwardly-and-horizontally-mobile administrator is the norm (though maybe we should call this “diagonal mobility”). And while it is absolutely true that […]
UTLA and “benchmark” or “periodic” testing
Last week, the United Teachers of Los Angeles called for the cessation of every-few-months testing in the district. The response of the district: such testing is an important tool in improving student achievement, which they know because schools with such testing have had annual-test scores higher than schools without such testing. The flaw in the […]
More charter-school organizing
Congratulations to United Teachers Los Angeles for organizing Accelerated School. If the reporting in the story is correct, some of the same issues motivating KIPP teachers in New York to join UFT are also motivating teachers in Accelerated School: teacher turnover, teacher voice in decisionmaking. It’s never all about the money. (Hat tip.)
Brooklyn KIPP teachers unionizing
As reported in EdWize. What caught my attention was the issue of turnover: KIPP AMP teachers believe that the high staff turnover at the school has harmed their efforts to build a positive and consistent school culture for their students. “There is a need to make the teacher position more sustainable,” says [Luisa] Bonifacio, “so […]