Posted by: eiela on: 28 May 2009
So I found this video on Joanne Jacob’s website. It’s a great explanation of the problems with merit pay.
In my area, teachers do get value added scores. So much depends on the group of kids you start with, how well you get them to do their work, the backup you get from parents and [...]
Posted by: eiela on: 20 May 2009
Ahh. . . summer vacation beckons. The students are wild, the teachers are frazzlesd, and your friendly school librarian is nagging, nagging, nagging. I spent the better part of my day calling the parents of the kids who still have 80ish books checked out of my library. That’s about 60 phone calls, people. Of [...]
