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.)
What personality is your Performance-Pay Attitude? (and other mixed metaphors)
Since other bloggers I read have used various quizzes to spice up their entries, or maybe do something online while they’re waiting for a bus, here is the all-purpose Performance-Pay Personality Quiz. Oh, wait: “personality” isn’t quite appropriate here. But to mix metaphors, what personality is YOUR attitude towards performance pay? Do you think that […]
Well, that’s supremely embarrassing…
I thought I was so clever to have transferred files from my laptop to a mobile device for travel to a symposium (special education, comparative). Travel light, I thought! But my brain had been the only light thing around, evidently, because I transferred everything except the document with the hotel name and address! This is […]