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Fedde Academy in Hawaiian Gardens enacts ambitious change
Like almost every teacher at this Hawaiian Gardens middle school, science instructor John Laird posts his students' standardized test results in the back of his classroom.
But right next to them, Laird also put up his own evaluation. "This is my report...Tags: Unions, Teaching and Learning, Politics, Career and Workplace, ABC (tv network)
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'Value-added' teacher evaluations: L.A. Unified tackles a tough formula
In Houston, school district officials introduced a test score-based evaluation system to determine teacher bonuses, then — in the face of massive protests — jettisoned the formula after one year to devise a better one.
In New York, teachers...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Stanford University, Politics, School Examinations, Schools
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Singled-out L.A. Unified teacher shares skills with colleagues
In February, fifth-grade teacher Miguel Aguilar stood in the front of a class, nervous and sweating.
The subject — reading and comprehension — was nothing new. But on this day, his students weren't 11-year-olds in sneakers and sweatshirts:...Tags: Science, Teaching and Learning, School Examinations, Los Angeles Unified School District, Minority Groups
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No gold stars for excellent L.A. teaching
It's a Wednesday morning, and Zenaida Tan is warming her students up with a little exercise in "Monster Math."
That's Tan's name for math problems with monstrously big numbers. While most third-graders are learning to multiply two digits by two digits,...Tags: Teaching and Learning, School Examinations, Schools, Harvard University, Examinations
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State takes on teacher evaluation
SACRAMENTO -- The state Board of Education took up the controversial issue of teacher evaluations Wednesday, unanimously voting to create an online database to share information about local, state and national efforts to measure educators' effectiveness....Tags: Unions, Teaching and Learning, Politics, Career and Workplace, Schools
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UTLA won't accept pay cuts, 'value-added'
The state's largest teachers union Wednesday fired an early salvo in contract negotiations, serving notice that it wouldn't accept pay cuts easily and that it won't consider linking teacher evaluations to student test scores in the Los Angeles Unified...Tags: Unions, Teaching and Learning, Job Layoffs, Politics, Career and Workplace
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Study supports teacher ratings
For The Record
Teacher scores: A Dec. 11 article in the LATExtra section reported that a preliminary study by education experts had found that teachers whose students said they "taught to the test" scored lower than average on value-added analysis. In...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Politics, Stanford University, School Examinations, Harvard University
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Teachers unions' clout in question
Teachers unions have a well-deserved reputation for exercising political clout. With a nearly unparalleled ability to raise cash and organize their ranks, they have elected school boards, influenced legislation and helped set the public school agenda in...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Stanford University, Career and Workplace, Barack Obama, Arne Duncan
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D.C. schools may hold lesson for L.A.
WASHINGTON -- Roxanne Brummell has thrived in what many consider the toughest new testing ground for teachers in the nation.
The fifth-grade teacher in Washington, D.C., earned a "highly effective" rating under the district's controversial system that...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Politics, Primaries, School Examinations, Vincent Gray
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N.Y. union seeks to curb teacher data
The New York City teachers union argued Wednesday before the state Supreme Court that the nation's largest school district should not follow through with its plan to disclose evaluation information about some 12,000 teachers by name, saying it could do...Tags: Unions, Teaching and Learning, Politics, Suicide, Career and Workplace
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Study critical of teacher layoffs
A study of Washington state teachers found that deciding layoffs based solely on who has the least seniority has a significant effect on students' ability to learn. The study comes as tens of thousands of teachers around the country stand to lose their...Tags: Job Layoffs, Teaching and Learning, Politics, Career and Workplace, School Examinations
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U.S. schools chief endorses release of teacher data
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said Monday that parents have a right to know if their children's teachers are effective, endorsing the public release of information about how well individual teachers fare at raising their students' test scores....Tags: Teaching and Learning, Politics, Career and Workplace, School Examinations, Schools
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