tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post4574022574222377037..comments2024-03-28T16:54:44.319-07:00Comments on The Emeryville Tattler: School Consultants Say Link Teacher Pay To Student PerformanceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-18552664029493758212012-07-16T11:29:27.343-07:002012-07-16T11:29:27.343-07:00Good idea. Why not do this everywhere--like link ...Good idea. Why not do this everywhere--like link doctors pay to how well their patients do. Link bank execs pay to how well their customers stay out of debt. Pleeeze. At some point, great teachers only have so much to work with, and the poor test scores fall squarely on the students and their parents. Maybe the reason they are failing is not teachers, rather the system is failing today's society. Kids would do better if they had hope of putting their education to use.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-56197160520708757482012-05-02T20:48:12.750-07:002012-05-02T20:48:12.750-07:00Disagree? With what? Disagree with the school bo...Disagree? With what? Disagree with the school board's wisdom of paying $6 million to Nexus Partners?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-59159860624754160502012-05-02T20:00:24.349-07:002012-05-02T20:00:24.349-07:00Count on more anti-teacher, anti-union branding fr...Count on more anti-teacher, anti-union branding from EUSD. The new sup's intention is to award fat contracts on the backs of our students and teachers. We have been holding teachers accountable for test scores and overall student performance in some form or fashion, for years. Some students live in challenging environments that keep them focused solely on daily survival, not test scores.<br /><br />Why can't we hold administrators accountable for student achievement and test scores? They are responsible for decisions regarding curriculum, budgetary decisions that cut classroom materials, organizing professional development, etc. All of which impacts student learning. Perhaps, we need a more egalitarian approach where administrators are paid slightly above teacher pay, so we know they are committed to the job. Also, the savings in salaries could go directly into the classroom. <br />$6 million --- EUSD always pays a great deal for nothing noteworthy!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-32308542841039930412012-04-30T10:22:20.526-07:002012-04-30T10:22:20.526-07:00Forget their conclusions and analysis. How could w...Forget their conclusions and analysis. How could we possibly spend $6 MILLION?<br /><br />Not $60,000.<br /><br />Not even $600,000<br /><br />Not even $1 MM.<br /><br />SIX million?<br /><br />Impossible.Michael Webberhttp://www.conditionemeryville.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-87046496973025015812012-04-30T08:53:59.444-07:002012-04-30T08:53:59.444-07:00There is so much that needs to happen before child...There is so much that needs to happen before children even reach school age to prepare them for an academic life to come. Most of it has to do with: a healthy social-emotional start, living in an environment that is rich in expansive language, literature, and a life with minimum stress, which includes having enough food to eat. <br />Most countries that are successful with education have a strength-based approach, including waiting until children are approximately seven before formal education begins. The children are academically ready and have not been given messages that they are already failing. Nationwide we are told that children are not reaching the benchmarks set for them. Maybe we need to rethink the benchmarks and start teaching the way Dewey, Garden, Bruner, Forman, Malaguzzi,Freire, Piaget and Vygotsky taught us how to teach. We know what great teaching can happen. Teachers need support and not asked to do the impossible. Children are full of wonderful ideas, listen! We all learn in meaningful contexts.<br />Ruth MajorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-14721620649344743022012-04-30T06:58:10.914-07:002012-04-30T06:58:10.914-07:00I respectfully disagree.I respectfully disagree.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com