tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post2591128148988328074..comments2024-03-26T11:07:03.496-04:00Comments on Ed Notes Online: The Education Sector's Biased Surveyed notes onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-62039241638312732892008-05-15T22:38:00.000-04:002008-05-15T22:38:00.000-04:00I don't know of many teachers who do not take work...I don't know of many teachers who do not take work home or stay extra hours in school to do their work. Do teachers in private schools get paid on that basis? I don't know of any schools that do it that way. And what about places like the suburbs? Are there calls in Scarsdale for paying teachers baased on their "quality?" It's all a red herring to destroy pay scales of teachers and to divide them from each other in urban areas with the goal of paying a few teachers a lot of money and the majority much less than they get now.ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-43146873164162928102008-05-15T20:16:00.000-04:002008-05-15T20:16:00.000-04:00I disagree with the first entry...teachers do repo...I disagree with the first entry...teachers do report, leaders do nothing, there is no difference in pay between a good teacher and a bad one, there is much incentive to just be one...all teachers get paid the same amount of money based on how long they have stuck it out and how much education they have...so if you had those standards in your "real life jobs" do you think you would be taken work home?<BR/><BR/>I think not!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-26838944338643721562008-05-14T08:03:00.000-04:002008-05-14T08:03:00.000-04:00Ah, the imaginary teacher is back. Since you have ...Ah, the imaginary teacher is back. Since you have idle hands - your assignment: go find the famous Tennessee study on class size. Write a report of at least 2000 words, then go to the blackboard in your imaginary classroom and write 250 times: Low class size raises teacher quality.ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-59536665407760966272008-05-13T22:48:00.000-04:002008-05-13T22:48:00.000-04:00Unfortunately for this retread of an inane argumen...Unfortunately for this retread of an inane argument, there is no reliable body of evidence that says that smaller classes lead to better results, when applied across a school system/district. Just saying that it's so doesn't make it so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-86791279449760563902008-05-13T19:12:00.000-04:002008-05-13T19:12:00.000-04:00Great analysis Norm. While I still believe teache...Great analysis Norm. While I still believe teacher quality is important, so is class size. Further, their definition of teacher quality is quite different than mine.Chazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-40038137583309873702008-05-13T19:07:00.000-04:002008-05-13T19:07:00.000-04:00It's interesting so many teachers say their union ...It's interesting so many teachers say their union negotiates to keep class size down. You could say the UFT does that too. The only problem is they've made no progress whatsoever in the 24 years I've been teaching.<BR/><BR/>Other than that, they do some great work.NYC Educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12188066345722781723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-22470707630493541452008-05-13T17:22:00.000-04:002008-05-13T17:22:00.000-04:00We will gain prestige only when this society truly...We will gain prestige only when this society truly cares about real education, not the canned corporate garbage they try to feed our children and the media. Their attempts at "accountability" by quoting statistics sounded as credible as anything our country's leaders have pulled out of the air to support "regime change" or whatever the excuse was for that war. Which "three out of four" teachers say that there are too many burnt out senior teachers? Who were they talking to, first year teachers who had to say what their handlers told them? This is utter propaganda, and I just cannot fathom what has happened to true education where people learned to critically analyze what they read, see, and hear. Now they want education to be adequate for someone to become a corporate cog and not question. Perhaps senior teachers have a bad habit...they question how non educators make bad educational decisions that affect millions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-31914740697227483272008-05-13T13:11:00.000-04:002008-05-13T13:11:00.000-04:00I analyzed 5 of the questions from a teacher's per...I analyzed 5 of the questions from a teacher's perspective.<BR/>What is interesting is what they chose not to report.j m hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05536633137490529534noreply@blogger.com