Potomac Fever: NY teachers union proposes to make it easier to fire bad teachers

Friday, February 25, 2011

Maggie said...: I generally like Weingarten's proposal to evaluate and potentially lay off ineffective teachers (I actually like other ideas better--see the Gladwell piece I posted Thursday night). But the article neglects to address the costs of the program. The hiring of a "neutral arbitrator" along with the costs of the added effort required for principals and other school officials to thoroughly evaluate teachers certainly pose a dilemma for this plan. With likely spending cuts on the way, how is this feasible?; February 27, 2011 at 9:24 PM