Stupid Costs More

I know, I know: Money is the answer, plain and simple. School districts don’t want to pay teachers for advanced degrees and right wing politicians don’t want public schools to begin with, so it makes sense that Texas and North Carolina are both in the forefront of starving their states of effective teachers in an… Continue reading Stupid Costs More

Trenton Math: Where 50-50 Isn’t A Tie

Good news for responsible educators was difficult to come by yesterday as the New Jersey State Department of Education released a 104 page document that details the new rules for the teacher evaluation system. All of the anti-reformer’s greatest hits are in the new rules including the new guidelines on teacher retention, setting up an… Continue reading Trenton Math: Where 50-50 Isn’t A Tie