why don't you go and teach at one of those schools. this is not a
good teacher or not a good teacher. This is a social pjroblem and
no teacher, it doesn't metterhow good he/she is, can change it.

On 6/22/09, sue/FL wrote:
> It isn't comfy, but it takes an excellent teacher to teach at
> the challenging schools and make gains. Some special teachers
> are up for the challenge. To best serve these children, the
> districts have to attempt to get strong teachers into these
> schools. I understand what they are trying to do. I may
> not "like" it, but I understand.
>
>
>
> On 6/22/09, Marina wrote:
>> On 6/22/09, This sucks wrote:
>>> From Orlando Sentinel Education Blog:
>>>
>>> The Orange County school district declared a hiring freeze
>>> late Friday, saying no teacher jobs could be filled but for
>>> those at nine campuses.
>>>
>>> The nine schools did not make adequate yearly progress in
>>> 2008-09 under the federal No Child Left Behind law. Some,
>>> but not all, of them did poorly on Florida's school report
>>> card last week, too.
>>>
>>> The state's new Differentiated Accountability system -- a
>>> complicated system that combines state grades and NCLB to
>>> judge performance-- is the reason for the hiring freeze,
>>> the district says.
>>>
>>> I don't yet have a detailed explanation, and the nine
>>> schools were not all in the same "D.A." category last year.
>>>
>>> But this much is clear: All jobs that had been open at
>>> other Orange County public schools are now on hold.
>>>
>>> The district's goal is get "high-performing staff" hired
>>> for the 9 schools first and then resume hiring for other
>>> schools, said Kathy Marsh, a district spokesman.
>>>
>>> The nine schools are Catalina, Ivey Lane, Hiawassee, Lovell
>>> and Wheatley elementary schools and Carver, Memorial,
>>> Walker and Westridge middle schools.
>>>
>>> District administrators are reviewing the current teachers
>>> at those nine schools to find out if any did not make
>>> "performance gains," Marsh said. Some of those instructors
>>> could be shifted to other campuses, she added.
>>>
>>> Administrators are also looking over the records of
>>> teachers at other schools to see if anyone would be a good
>>> match for jobs at the nine, she said.
>>>
>>> At the moment, they do not know how many teachers they will
>>> need at the nine schools.
>>>
>>> Once the jobs at the nine schools are filled,
>>> administrators will resume hiring for other schools, Marsh
>>> said, with the hope that all hiring is complete by
>>> mid-July.
>>
>> Yuck. Your reward for being a good teacher is that you may be
>> moved from your school to an under-performing school? And
>> your reward for having low test scores is that they move you
>> to a higher-performing school? What a way to encourage the
>> teachers. Where's the union???

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