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Sure, everyone is, given the choice. I mean, you've described your own experience as getting out of the hidebound checklist mediocrity of university life to th
by jbooth 16y ago
Sure, everyone is, given the choice.
I mean, you've described your own experience as getting out of the hidebound checklist mediocrity of university life to the dynamic 1-man-shop life. Similarly I pick startups to work at instead of big lumbering corporations.
I was just explaining where the unions tend to be coming from when you sit across the table from them. I think the seniority rules are dumb, particularly last-in-first-out which is probably the worst thing about the current state of your typical municipal agreement. But I think you're mischaracterizing the opposition to standardized tests.. some % of teachers are lazy and don't want to teach the material but the strongest objections tend to come from some of the best teachers who resent having to "teach to the test" instead of using their judgment about the best way to teach/evaluate their students.
- sethg 16y agoMy oldest son, in his first year of preschool, had a teacher who recognized that The Officially Prescribed Curriculum was not meeting his needs, and found alternative ways to engage him. Her contract was not renewed. The following year, my son’s new teacher just had him sit by himself and read books. From a “raise test scores” perspective, the second teacher was at least as good as the first. From a “look at the classroom and see what’s going on” perspective, the first teacher was head and shoulders above the second.