Tag: teacher tenure
Book Review: The Influence of Teachers (Chapter 8) “Who Needs Tenure? Why Seniority?”
For today’s book review, I critiqued chapter 8, “Who Needs Tenure? Why Seniority?,” from John Merrow’s latest book, “The Influence of Teachers.” To summarize, John lays a case for how the teaching profession seems to award a now-useless method of “tenure” and “seniority” to teachers. While the profession definitely needed such protections decades ago, as [...]
Analysis of New York Teacher Evaluation Proposal
You’re probably thinking, “why would you dedicate an entire blog post about a state that I don’t live in?” (Assuming you’re reading this in the other 49 states, of course.) And that’s a fair question, but after reading through this proposal, I do believe there are some lessons that other states should quickly embrace. First [...]
A Look at New Colorado Teacher Evaluation Approach
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