Newsday Editorial Board
“With less than a week left in the state’s legislative session, trying to analyze how the big issues will play out is like trying to nail Jell-O to the wall — particularly on teacher evaluations.”
Access to New York’s Top Teachers Still Unequal, State Report Shows
By Geoff Decker
Chalkbeat New York
“Schools serving the largest shares of poor and nonwhite students in New York state are more likely to be staffed with teachers who have no experience, have little expertise in the subjects they teach, and who earned lower ratings than those serving whiter and more affluent students, according to a new report from the state.”
This is What it Takes to Get a Teacher Fired Around the Country
By Rebecca Klein
The Huffington Post
“States around the country can’t agree on what job protections teachers should be granted. Some states allow teachers to obtain tenure — a tool that typically grants educators due-process rights — or other similar job protections after only two years on the job, while others force teachers to work up to five years first. Similarly, while some states hold that teachers without tenure should be the first to go in cases of layoffs, others prohibit tenure from being a factor.”
An Eminently Fair Teacher-Evaluation Proposal
By Tenicka Boyd
Crain’s New York Business Op-Ed
“As a mother of a New York City public-school student, I know firsthand how a great teacher can help open up new worlds and unlock a child’s full potential. Countless studies confirm the critical role that teacher quality has on a student’s ability to learn. That’s why the current debate in Albany over teacher evaluations is so important. A strong evaluation system is an essential step in ensuring that every child in New York has an effective teacher.”
Great Teachers Save Lives (Literally)
By Jonah Edelman
The Daily Beast
“Stephanie Stuck is a spunky high school senior who’s full of life, humor, and optimism. But it wasn’t always like that.
Growing up in a small town just south of Portland, Oregon, Stephanie barely knew her mother, and from a young age she bounced from foster home to foster home.”
Teacher Who ‘Lost’ Two 4-year-olds Can’t Be Fired
By Yoav Gonen
New York Post
“A Brooklyn teacher who “lost” two 4-year-olds from her class during a single school day can’t be fired by the Department of Education, an arbitrator ruled.”
The Tenure Lawsuit Still Matters: Recently Passed Reforms Don’t Change the Fact That it’s Virtually Impossible to Remove an Ineffective Veteran Teacher
By Katharine B. Stevens
New York Daily News
“In a little-noticed legal action Wednesday, the state teachers union is once again attempting to toss out the teacher tenure lawsuit launched last July, which argues that New York’s laws protecting educators from termination violate children’s constitutional right to a “sound basic education.””
Delay in the New Teacher Evaluations Can’t be the First Step in a Complete Cave-In
The Buffalo News Opinion
“That was fast.
Hardly six weeks after passing a new state budget that included important changes in the teacher evaluation system and aggressive deadlines for imposing them, the Assembly retreated en masse, voting 135-1 to slow it down.”
Assembly Panders to Teachers on Evaluations
Newsday Editorial Board
“The bill on education and teacher evaluations passed 135-1 last week by the State Assembly is almost certainly a dead end, but it may have set some sort of speed record. After all, the Assembly, Senate and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo had agreed to a new evaluation plan less than two months ago.”
‘Opt-Out’ Becomes Anti-Test Rallying Cry in New York State
By Elizabeth A. Harris and Ford Fessenden
The New York Times
“BOICEVILLE, N.Y. — It started with a speech in the fall, to parents who had gathered in the auditorium to learn what to expect during the nascent school year.
“I spoke at the open house and said, ‘We hope you’ll opt out of the tests,’ ” said Heather Roberts, vice president of the Bennett Intermediate School parent teacher association. Last year, 92 percent of eligible students in the Catskill Mountains district that includes Boiceville took their standardized English tests. “Jaws dropped.””
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