- Democrats endorse public school elections, teacher recalls?
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Should legislators and teachers be evaluated for job performance in the same way? A group called Winning Democrats suggests that public school teachers should be elected positions rather than tenured, and that teachers should be subject to recall by the communities they serve. - Why is it so difficult to hold schools accountable?
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Simulating accountability in education has the same problems as simulating accountability in health care or any other monopoly. Tests and grades and paperwork are never as effective as choice.
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- Florida Gay Kindergarten Teacher: This Law Impacts My Ability To Talk About My Sex Life With Five Year Olds
- “He also says he will ‘follow the discretion’ of his kindergarten students in discussing his homosexuality, and if they want to discuss his ‘partner,’ he will.”
- Testimony before the House Committee on Public Education on HB 3
- “HB 3 should be commended for providing teacher merit pay for our most effective teachers and requiring school boards to adopt specific and public early literacy goals and monitor student achievement. HB 3 should be expanded to require school boards to adopt literacy and math goals for each school and student demographic.”
