The politicians agree with Sandoval and Guthrie that teachers need to be harassed out of their livelihoods; it's just a matter of how to do it. After all, "Democrat" Obama has forced an even more draconian reform on the nation's schools than Bush ever did, called Race to the Top, and they've got to find a way to waste the money.
The Nevada Teachers and Leaders Council, a 15-member body created by a 2011 state law and commissioned to design the evaluations, is now backing a bill that would delay the date the system goes into effect by two years. The proposal, which sponsor Sen. Debbie Smith says is still being drafted, seeks a multi-year trial period so officials can phase in the evaluations and see whether they work as they’re supposed to.
"Work as they're supposed to"--you can bet it isn't to help the teachers except to help them out the door.
Of course a teacher can create a dog-and-pony show in the classroom, yet the students won't learn anything, while the teacher with the dry delivery and reliance and worksheets can get students to learn. Even if both types of teachers are good, the principal can merely overload their classes with ESL students, sped students, or behavior problem students if that principal doesn't like the teacher. The teacher, after all, doesn't pick the students who are in their classrooms. The principal has so much power over teachers and isn't closely supervised himself or herself, he or she can merely make shit up on the evaluations just to get rid of an unwanted teacher. The "reforms," if anything, make the current problem with principals far, far worse.
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