tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post1663953916197478703..comments2024-02-24T19:49:45.687-05:00Comments on Schools Matter: Further Confessions of an OutlierJames Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04462754705431590571noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post-13992862056530043012012-03-28T19:58:49.473-04:002012-03-28T19:58:49.473-04:00Yes, all of this reform is just a way to undermine...Yes, all of this reform is just a way to undermine public education in the United States. It has nothing to do with improving education. Tying teacher evaluations to standardized tests will create a huge turnover of teachers every year. They will keep replacing the proven, seasoned veterans with new eager teachers. They will repeat this process. Teachers maybe control 10% of how well a student does on one of these tests, so they will be able to get rid of everyone, eventually, no matter how good they are. This is awful, and I just want to survive the next 7 years. When a country goes down, there is strange behavior. Also remember that Republicans and billioinaires never cared about public education. They don't want anything for the "public" good. Soon they will charge admission to the public parks. Let's privatize them too. If you are young, you should leave the country...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post-1378944739340506042012-01-30T12:37:02.214-05:002012-01-30T12:37:02.214-05:00I was rarely an academic and stunk at standardized...I was rarely an academic and stunk at standardized tests (and still do). I did OK in school with my camelion skills (practical and creative). I loved school, rarely missed, and had some motivating educators who led me to become a teacher. The motivating education I had included educators (like the absent-minded English teacher, the flamboyant German teacher, and the coach social studies teacher) who wouldn't survive the current value-added evaluation system. The lessons I learned from them are my most memorable and not found in the bubble tests. Where would I be without them and only value-added-driven educators?Steve Striekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07468995041741400992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post-90105260946123846112012-01-30T11:01:45.202-05:002012-01-30T11:01:45.202-05:00Unlike you, I can barely recall many of my teacher...Unlike you, I can barely recall many of my teachers, which I believe is due to the fact that I was a Navy Brat who attended over a dozen K-12 schools before graduating.<br /><br />However, what teachers provided for me was a sense of stability. I knew that no matter what new school I started as a new kid, that my teachers would make sure that I felt welcomed in my new environment. <br /><br />That sense of well-being that my teachers almost always provided could never have been measured on a test score.ms-teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07800541997565774872noreply@blogger.com