tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post7826609225798663066..comments2024-03-26T11:07:03.496-04:00Comments on Ed Notes Online: Carol Burris Points to Awful effects of Regents Proposed APPR Regs While Mulgrew Urges Us to Trust Regents and NYSEDed notes onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-38879322266411080962015-06-15T11:24:30.553-04:002015-06-15T11:24:30.553-04:00There are plenty of competent teachers in high pov...There are plenty of competent teachers in high poverty schools. The students face a host of challenges not shared by<br />their more affluent peers.<br /><br />Abigail ShureAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-52264043633863841672015-06-15T08:40:48.024-04:002015-06-15T08:40:48.024-04:00Why don't you give us a few details on how the...Why don't you give us a few details on how the UFT has lobbied to reduce testing and the outcomes of that so-called lobbying? You mean like they lobbied to end mayoral control? Or how they lobbied to oppose the Cuomo charter school giveaway? And as for computation of testing for teacher evals they accepted using VAM as a basis even though it doesn't work.<br />ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-35319516262654741052015-06-15T03:43:12.141-04:002015-06-15T03:43:12.141-04:00I suspect that the virtue of an equal public educa...I suspect that the virtue of an equal public education is tired in America. As the NY Post reports, poor, high need, and minority schools consist of teachers who have less experience and lower evaluation scores. If we were to believe this, we would also have to believe that the new evaluation system will further push the most qualified and experienced teachers toward better schools. I don't believe that your title about Mulgrew is fair. The UFT has lobbied to reduced high stakes testing and observations in the computation of teacher evaluations. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com