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Originally posted by Adder
I'm not sure I would, as I am not sure that these are problems that can really be solved at the statewide level. And I am not convinced the heart of the problem for struggling schools is bad teachers who just need to be fired.
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I don't think it is the heart of the problem. But I do think if you have data out there that shows who is performing and who is not it will incentivise those who are not doing well to do better and those that are doing well will want to stay and continue to do well because their accomplishments are being acknowledged.
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Originally posted by Adder
I think the main obstacles are povery, unstable families, a culture that doesn't value education, and an influx of children whose native language isn't English. I think only the last of these can be meaningfully address with state legislation to provide for more ESL training and bilingual education (although this is probably an issue that has been addressed in California).
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That doesn't do me much good, because they only think I can do is influence state legislation.
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Originally posted by Adder
As for firing bad teachers, again, mostly I think you need to expect your administrators to do their jobs.
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I like Ty, am really wary of giving school administrators too much discretion over firing. That is why I like the tests. Since the administrators are not incentivised to make the system better I am afraid they will start firing teachers for all the wrong reasons. If you have the tests, then a teacher can use the tests to defend themselves if some idiot administrator is trying to get rid of them because they were not PC in class, or wasn't polite to them the last time they met.
