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The school principal up to four times a year, and a complex formula that measures their students performance. under the old evaluation system, a whopping 99% of teachers were given a satisfactory rating or better. but not anymore. >> i am not going to receive the same kind of performance appraisal. im no longer going to get one that says im perfect. im going to get one that actually is representative of how well im doing. >> how might that help in future lessons? >> the ratings will determine pa...

>> heres what i want to do. >> all teachers are graded in three different ways. evaluations by a peer up to six times a year, observations by the school principal up to four times a year, and a complex formula that measures their students performance. under the old evaluation system, a whopping 99% of teachers were given a satisfactory rating or better. but not anymore. >> i am not going to receive the same kind of performance appraisal. im no longer going to get one that says im perfect. im goi...

in 2007 we spent over $10,000 per student. versus the $7,400 average for rich countries. how can we spend so much money and have so little to show for it? well ask that question and others to some of the leading figures in american education. here on this special and in a time essay. well examine the roll of teachers, testing and technology and well ask the man who spend billions of dollars trying to fix education about how hes spending his money, microsoft founder and philanthropist, ...

a country. indeed our democracy depends on an educated citizenry. lets take a look. 100 american kids entering high school, what does fate have in store for them? 25 out of that hundred wont graduate from high school, a total of 50 wont go to college. thats half the class that wont go on to higher education. 50 will attends college, but only 22 will graduate within six years. meanwhile other countries are outsmarting us. on a recent international test, u.s. students ranked only 15th in...

100 representative american kids entering high school. what does fate have in store for them? 25 out of that 100 wont graduate from high school. a total of 50 wont go to college. thats half the class that wont go on to higher education. 50 will attend college, but only 22 will graduate within six years. meanwhile, other countries are outsmarting us. on a recent international test, u.s. students ranked only 15th in the world in reading, 23rd in science and 31st in math. overall, the wor...

what does fate have in store for them? 25 out of that 100 wont graduate from high school. a total of 50 wont go to college. thats half the class that wont go on to higher education. 50 will attend college, but only 22 will graduate within six years meanwhile, other countries are outstarting us. on a recent international test, u.s. students ranked only 15th in the world in reading, 23rd in science and 31st in math. overall, the world economic forum ranks the quality of our education at ...

take a rough look. 100 representative american kids entering high school. what does fate have in store for them? 28 of that 500 wont graduate. a total of 50 wont go to college, so that is half of the class that wont go on to higher education. 50 will at the end college, but only 22 will graduate within six years. meanwhile, other countries are outsmarting us. on a recent international test, u.s. students ranked only 15th in the world in reading and 23rd in science and 31st in math. ove...

Complicated and ill tell you what, teachers want to be -- they should be evaluated based on observations, based on having a trained observe -- trained observers within the classroom, trained principals. teachers need feedback to help their development. evaluation system should be about developing the skills. teachers and a value-added -- >> martha: there has to be a way, because so far -- excuse me for interrupting. what we have so far is what youre talking about, right dr. deasy, evaluation, pr...

This economy. >> you know, when it comes to teachers pay and seniority, youre facing a tough opponent. want to you take a look at this op-ed by bill gates. its in "the washington post." he writes the united states spends $50 billion a year on automatic salary increases based on teachers senior. its reasonable to suppose that teachers who have served longer are more effective, but the evidence says thats not true. and theres another part in this article thats interesting. it says over the past de...

Not teachers, not parents, not anyone. the real issue here is that we havent had a good evaluation system. and my union and others have looked to how do we overhaul an evaluation and system and how do we align due process with it. its a false choice to say, either no process or cumbersome process. and ultimately, if you look at what teachers do, we are responsible for everything in a childs life. now maybe thats not fair, i dont think it is. but ultimately, thats what we try to do in instruction...