Ridiculous! The only thing I see is that the teachers in the
high performing schools would be considered to be "good"
teachers who deserve fabulous raises and pay, while the
teachers who work in the schools like mine where it's a
tremendous struggle to get kids to learn would be "poor"
performers. Most of us who work in the poor performing
schools work way HARDER than those in the "good" schools to
get the kids to learn. Dangling the promise of more money for
performance in front of us is not going to help children from
poor homes become like those from the rich ones.

On 11/06/09, Bud wrote:
> My first reaction to this article was - " Boy, I'm glad I
> got out of CMS". Next, I figured this might signal a
> statewide move to this way of thinking.
>
> My second reaction was - " Gee, did I waste three years and
> a ton of money in grad school"? LOL.
>
> You know what? I didn't. My M.Ed DID make me a better
> teacher. I learned things that improved my performance. So
> the two were directly related.
>
> I'm not sure what Dr. Gorman's motives really are, but I
> don't trust them...and I don't agree with them.
>
> I'm not afraid of being evaluated on performance - I already
> am. I feel confident I could probably do OK on just about
> style of evaluation.
>
> But, this appears to be a desperate " grasping at straws".
> As usual, teachers are taking the brunt.
>
> It's a bad move.

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