Re: arizona teacher salary
Posted by: yep! on 11/18/09
Which brings us back to (I think it was jamill's remark) WHO are
the nincompoops who voted FOR this legislation? Names, names,
please...that way we can be sure to NOT vote for them and who CAN
we vote for?
On 11/17/09, dm wrote:
> but meanwhile, we're stuck with ineffective politicians until
> election times....
>
>
> On 11/17/09, Sandy wrote:
>> I have heard of this legislation too (lowering a teacher's
>> salary at any time during the year, giving teachers less
>> time to improve).
>>
>> This is what our administration said (not saying I believe
>> them):
>>
>> Arne Duncan's RTTT (Race to the Top) is requiring states to
>> to dismantle any data "firewalls" prohibiting student test
>> scores from factoring into teacher evaluations. So Arizona
>> is getting rid of provisions that allow bad or ineffective
>> teachers to stay, and gives school districts more leeway to
>> get rid of ineffective teachers faster.