kitchen table math, the sequel: "100+ years to fire all the bad teachers"

Thursday, March 20, 2008

"100+ years to fire all the bad teachers"



Steve Barr has organized a parents' union, too.
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10 comments:

Catherine Johnson said...

You've GOT to watch this.

Unbelievable.

March 20, 2008 at 6:10 PM
LynnG said...

Thank you!!

I can't believe it! The teachers refuse to prepare lesson plans?

That is amazing

March 20, 2008 at 7:15 PM
ElizabethB said...

Very interesting!

I read a few more articles,

Edpresso: http://www.edspresso.com/2006/09/great_schools_steve_barrs_char.htm

LA Weekly: http://www.laweekly.com/news/news/the-secret-of-his-success/15159/

And npr on the Green Dot Website:

http://www.greendot.org/news/media/private_takeover_of_l_a_schools_gets_results

March 20, 2008 at 10:20 PM
ElizabethB said...

"If a school site chooses not to follow a Recommended Practice, they are required to provide a plan that describes why they are not following that practice, lay out the new practice that the school site will employ, and provide support for that new practice in the form of research and evidence from other successful schools. If a school site or teacher is not following the Recommended Practices and does not meet its performance targets, it will be required to adopt the Recommended Practices."

http://www.greendot.org/school_model

I would guess that's code for no fuzzy math or whole word teaching!

March 20, 2008 at 10:30 PM
concernedCTparent said...

I hope this is only the beginning of a series of revolts against what's not working.

Unbelievable.

March 21, 2008 at 3:06 PM
Catherine Johnson said...

I love that paragraph!

OK, you can do something different from what we're asking you to do, but you have to support your approach with research & evidence from other successful schools.

This approach would open the door to teachers teaching differently when they can support what they're doing with research & evidence.

March 21, 2008 at 3:08 PM
Catherine Johnson said...

This little film is a terrific idea -- this is the first time I've seen, in a succinct and powerful mode, what charter schools are about.

Plus the union guys: whoa nelly.

At least one of those two guys was a person I wouldn't want inside a classroom with vulnerable children.

I wonder if this is on YouTube?

March 21, 2008 at 3:11 PM
SteveH said...

Teacher unions have to go to great mental shenanigans to convince themselves and others that union goals match student goals.

March 21, 2008 at 6:13 PM
ElizabethB said...

"OK, you can do something different from what we're asking you to do, but you have to support your approach with research & evidence from other successful schools.

This approach would open the door to teachers teaching differently when they can support what they're doing with research & evidence."

Yes, I really like that, too.

It allows for using the current best while also opening the door for better--if proven so with evidence.

For example, while I think Reading First is great, something like this would be even better. I think Webster is superior to all the phonics programs allowed with Reading First, yet I'm not sure Webster would exactly fit the Reading First criteria. However, I'm sure it would achieve success in a scientific trial.

March 21, 2008 at 7:45 PM
LynnG said...

The video is on youtube.

If you search reason.tv you'll find they have several videos posted. I haven't had time to watch them all.

March 24, 2008 at 7:03 PM

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