By: Abigail Adams
-The elite privates have long-serving principals. -The suburban schools see vey little turnover in principals, teachers, and superintendents. Stability matters. Don’t keep the bad ones, but don’t drop...
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“More than one out of every five principals leaves their school each year. In some cases, these career changes are driven by the choices of district leadership. In other cases, principals initiate the...
View ArticleBy: Abigail Adams
Scott–principals are telling teachers that they (the principals) have been told that 1/3 of them, 1/2 of them, most of them (the percentage varies) will be FIRED by next year–not merely moved around...
View ArticleBy: Abigail Adams
Oh–and the principals will only be fired if a racial balance can be maintained, if a gender balance can be maintained, etc. Watch and see. It won’t really have much to do with effectiveness.
View ArticleBy: Miles to go before we sleep
I am not Saraswati but I did follow the link included. Did you? Perhaps you missed it. Rather than “cut and paste” I will give everyone the link, again: http://shankerblog.org/?p=6196 Ed Fuller is a...
View ArticleBy: Fan of Fuller
Ed Fuller, a former Austin math teacher, addresses some of the most important policy issues in education. http://fullerlook.wordpress.com/ His recent critique of Uplift,YES, and KIPP follows the data...
View ArticleBy: Churn, churn, churn
Miles must think he is in the butter business. Only business I can think of where high churn produces something. Miles would be served by taking some basic courses in business management. He can’t fire...
View ArticleBy: Scott Smith
I did read the website, and the graphs, and read the pages cited by the article. My question to saraswati was about the principals being fired in DISD. Ms. Adams was able to provide context.
View ArticleBy: Friend of Ravitch
Many bloggers on this site admire the work of Diane Ravitch. Could you explain your leadership role in the Dallas version of Stand for Children and compare it to Ravitch’s assessment of Stand for...
View ArticleBy: Scott Smith
Sure. Organizing Coordinator Stand For Children April 2012 – July 2012 (4 months) Dallas/Fort Worth Area - Led Dallas chapter expansion by developing partnerships with non-profit leaders, establishing...
View ArticleBy: Scott Smith
I agree, Ms. Adams, that stability matters. Constant churn of principals and staff is simply not the answer. Knowing that not every staff member is perfect, it seems that the evaluation system could...
View ArticleBy: SlamminSammySnead
“…there needs to be a more reasonable approach to professional development before we decide that anyone should be let go.” Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha…as Bugs Bunny used to say, “What a Maroon!” That ain’t...
View ArticleBy: Scott Smith
I would agree that an effective evaluation system that affects student achievement is illusive at best, but that doesn’t really apply to my point. An evaluation of teacher and principal effectiveness...
View ArticleBy: Friend of Ravitch
I thought the boy had just ingested a large plate of very good brownies and was ROFL, but decided to just let it go.
View ArticleBy: Scott Smith
http://www.whatshouldwecallme.tumblr.com/post/25984169156/when-i-decide-to-chime-in-during-a-meeting-at-work I’m willing to bet this how we view each other. The dude abides.
View ArticleBy: DISD parent
My kids attend a high achieving school and I can attest that moving teachers and principals around to stir things up creates unnecessary chaos in a year when teachers barely get any planning time as it...
View ArticleBy: Retired and Not a Fan
@DISD Parent Professional development via DISD is 99.9% of the problem. Holding teachers hostage and calling it professional development has destroyed credibility among beginning to seasoned educators....
View ArticleBy: Scott Smith
I would advocate for a program similar to this, it acknowledges that the current system is weak, but a collaborative model with staff input and focus on development can lead to improvement, rather than...
View ArticleBy: promise her anything
@DISD parent: You made several excellent points which I wish the administration would begin to understand. Teachers and principals are not just cogs who can be moved anywhere at any time. They are...
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