July 24, 2010

What a concept

The Washington, D.C. school system is doing something revolutionary. From Yahoo/Associated Press:
Hundreds of DC school employees to be dismissed
The D.C. Public Schools are firing 241 teachers and warning more than 700 other employees that they could be fired in the next year if their performance doesn't improve.

The firings announced Friday total 302 school system employees, including the 241 teachers. They come largely as a result of the first year of a new teacher evaluation system, though 76 teachers were fired for problems with their licenses.

The evaluation is based largely on five classroom observations of teachers and their students' standardized test scores. Those found "ineffective" on a four-tier system were fired.
And the Teachers Union?
Washington Teachers' Union President George Parker says the union will challenge the firings for performance.
The Union is not helping -- they are the major part of the problem. When you remove competition, you kill growth and quality. What makes this even worse is that the "product" being manufactured here is our kids education. If it was just a lemon car or something, that would be bad but this is something that will affect the kids for the rest of their lives. Glad to see that D.C. is taking action... Posted by DaveH at July 24, 2010 10:33 AM
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