AppId is over the quota
There seems to be a real debate brewing over the concept of taking the test scores of all the students, and comparing them with each individual teacher, and then putting those results online, or out in the public, or even available to the parents of the students. In other words, some sort of metric to show the performance of the teachers. Okay so, I'd like to talk to you about this from the perspective of a businessperson, taxpayer, and someone who is not politically correct.
You see, everyone is judged in our society by their performance, their ability, and we have a culture in our society which says the best person, regardless of their age, nationality, blood type, or whatever should get the job. Isn't that right? I mean that's the most unbiased way to do it right? And yet when it comes to teachers, they don't want to play that game. Apparently they've fallen so in love with their political correctness that they fail to understand the real world.
Now the teachers unions are up in arms that the results of their teaching ability might become public, and tarnish their reputation, and the unions will sue the school districts, and work to get injunctions in court to prevent school districts, state governments, and the Federal NCLB (No Child Left behind Act) from disclosing this information. Excuse me for a second, but the taxpayers were paying the bill have a right to know.
Also, if you have a professional license of any type, the government always finds it in their purview to put your personal information, along with your records online. If you are a doctor, a lawyer, financial planner, real estate agent, or just about anyone else that has a professional license, all that information is public and available. Why should teachers be any different - because they have a union? That doesn't make any sense to me. So all those other professionals that don't have their own union, and don't have a collective group to stand up for themselves get the shaft, and teachers of poor quality go Scott free? Where is the fairness?
But still, since this is a debate, let's go ahead and listen to what the other side has to say; there was a harsh editorial in the Wall Street Journal on March 7, 2012 by Wendy Kopp titled; "The Trouble with Humiliating Teachers," which stated; "Making rankings public undermines the trust educators need to build collaborative teams."
I am always bothered when someone mentions something like groupthink, collaborative teams, committees, or some other catchphrase of that type. And as far as humiliation goes, then we should address that issue too. Teachers humiliate kids in the classrooms all the time in order to enforce their false-authority. When the teacher humiliates a child in front of their peers, they do so to gain control, and use the group to control the behavior of the individual student so they can teach. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but they mostly all do that.
And another thing about humiliation, teachers are also causing the humiliation of parents with the inability of their kids to read, write, and do simple math. In fact, if the teachers can't teach any better than they are now, they are humiliating all Americans, and making us look bad around the world. We don't need ignorant citizens, because they'll just keep voting for throwing more good money after bad to school districts which are not performing. If you'd like to debate me, bring it on. Please consider all this and think on it.
Lance Winslow has launched a new provocative series of eBooks on the Future of Education. Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank; http://www.worldthinktank.net/
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