Performance pay at schools Obama, Duncan picked for their children?

[proud2BlibKansan]

By Valerie Strauss


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I wanted to find out how Sidwell Friends and the Arlington Public Schools approached the pay-for-performance issue. What did the president and the secretary seek and obtain for their own kids, where the important issue of teacher evaluation was concerned.

The answers recently arrived in two emails:

• Arlington school district teacher, March 31, 2011::

“We do not tie teacher evaluations to scores in the Arlington public school system.”

• Sidwell Friends faculty member, April 1, 2011:

“We don’t tie teacher pay to test scores because we don’t believe them to be a reliable indicator of teacher effectiveness.”

more . . . http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/performance-pay-at-schools-obama-duncan-picked-for-their-children/2011/04/12/AFNBuPTD_blog.html

[AlabamaLibrul]

1. K&R

[femmocrat]

2. Well, well, well.....

obviously what is good for the goose and all that.....

[Missy Vixen]

3. I wish I was surprised. n/t

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. I hear ya.

:toast:

[Starry Messenger]

4. Of course not.

Our betters would never subject their children to something like that.

[Tx4obama]

6. Leave President Obama's kids alone. n/t

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. What about Arne's kids?

Don't you want to jump to their defense also? What do you have against Arne? :)

[MichiganVote]

8. Its not about their kids, its about the schools and fairness and tolerance

None of which Obama or Arne Duncan have for hard working educators.

[proud2BlibKansan]

9. Oh now don't go spoiling a good thread with facts

:)

[frylock]

10. you know damn well this isn't about "Obama's kids"

but nice utilization of the human shield technique to deflect criticism of Obama's absolute hypocrisy.