Thompson: Which Dominated, Accountability -- Or Hiring?

 Marguerite Roza and the Gates Foundation have a righteous cause (equity) and they will say anything to advance their agenda (of undermining collective bargaining). So, Roza said "adding adults... was the dominant reform model of the last decade." In fairness to her strange claim, Roza, described the hiring of adults as a result of NCLB. But that raises further questions as to why data-driven accountability, which was the dominant reform of the decade and which has failed so badly during times of supposed overstaffing, would actually improve teaching quality? If she is so disgusted by the way districts responded to NCLB, why would she expect school systems to display better judgment in using the same primitive data for evaluations and equity?

Comments

[Nancy Flanagan]

Equity is a rhetorical shield that covers a familiar refrain: follow the money. Veteran teachers are expensive. Dealing with their unions is a hassle. So why not use a beautiful, all-American idea--equity--to make the whole annoying operation of public education more (economist word alert!)...efficient?

Your point about the misuses of data is well-taken, John.

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