Comments on: “The Year of the Bad Teacher” http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/06/23/the-year-of-the-bad-teacher/ Closing the Achievement Gap: Teaching Content Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:59:33 -0600 hourly 1 By: GGW http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/06/23/the-year-of-the-bad-teacher/comment-page-1/#comment-7148 GGW Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:48:43 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=2886#comment-7148 Another issue is: what is a teacher supposed to do when a kid has a rotten parent or home situation (but it doesn't reach the point of legal abuse)? Another issue is: what is a teacher supposed to do when a kid has a rotten parent or home situation (but it doesn’t reach the point of legal abuse)?

]]> By: Rachel http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/06/23/the-year-of-the-bad-teacher/comment-page-1/#comment-7123 Rachel Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:35:21 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=2886#comment-7123 In someways it would be easier to measure teaching quality if the criteria were not humiliating students rather than raising test scores. But if such a thing is proposed, I can easily imagine the WSJ railing against wishy-washy educators who care more about self-esteem than data-verified results. In someways it would be easier to measure teaching quality if the criteria were not humiliating students rather than raising test scores.

But if such a thing is proposed, I can easily imagine the WSJ railing against wishy-washy educators who care more about self-esteem than data-verified results.

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