Ed Etc.

Nobody is going to explain those reforms demonizing teacher "performance" and their pay scales because the "reformers" don't care about "performance."

What they do care about is getting rid of the most expensive hires, those teachers who benefit students the most.
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A school district "rebounds" because principals and other administrators committed fraud.

How did they do it?

Three years after the youngest of the Avalos brothers dropped out, the former superintendent faces prison time, state officials are strictly monitoring the schools and the district is trying to contact ousted students to help them complete their education.

"A few people did a lot of damage," interim Superintendent Kenneth George said. "Now we want to make sure these things never happen again."

The idea to cast out the weakest sophomores originated with former Superintendent Lorenzo Garcia, who pleaded guilty to fraud in a case that could put him behind bars for up to 3 1/2 years. He's scheduled to be sentenced Friday.

After being hired in 2006, Garcia soon began implementing a plan with several other administrators that included pre-testing 10th-graders to identify those who were likely to fail standardized tests. He even asked an employee to photograph students crossing the border so they could be forced out on the grounds that they were living in Mexico and not within the district.

Garcia "was looking for `bad kids,'" said Mark Mendoza, the district official who reluctantly photographed students crossing a border bridge during three days in 2008.

Absolutely unreal.

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I can't argue with this.

That's because I have been saying this all along.

"Reform" is truly evil. It boggles the mind how screwed up kids will be if they are forced to be in front of computers their entire educational lives.

Of course, the rich will have their private schools with real teachers. The peons will have shit for education.