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D.C. fires 241 teachers
[Iran Press TV Latest] The District of Columbia schools chancellor has dismissed 241 teachers who had formerly received poor appraisals under a new evaluation system. "Every child in a District of Columbia public school has a right to a highly effective teacher; in every classroom, of every school, of every neighborhood, of every ward, in this city," Michelle Rhee said on Friday. "That is our commitment." Under the new evaluation system, the performance of every adult is carefully monitored and measured by multiple yardsticks. For teachers, that includes evidence their students meet or exceed predicted rates of growth on standardized tests -- a metric known as "value-added." Rhee also noted that an additional 737 employees were put on notice and warned that they could be fired next year if they don't shape up and improve their performance. Since taking up her post as chancellor of Washington D.C. public schools in June 2007, the forward-looking Rhee has been making earnest attempts to control how educators are managed, paid, and even sacked. The teachers dismissed due to low ratings make up about 5 percent of the district's total. Only about 16 percent of the school district's 4,000 classroom teachers, who were evaluated on test-score growth, could fall into the "highly effective" category. Posted by: Fred 2010-07-25 |
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