Five Best Blogs: Out With The Teacher Prep Rules, Already

Facebook beef turns into first-day lunchroom shooting in Baltimore ow.ly/dgmfG

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Group Press the ED for Teacher-Prep Rules - Education Week ow.ly/dgBSZ #5bb @TeacherBeat

Review & Outlook: California's School Head Fake -WSJ.com ow.ly/dgBH3

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Comments

[Bruce]

While California has not been a leader in K-12 teaching innovation in recent years, one innovation it would do well to dump is the proposed tying of student test scores to teacher evaluations, especially for primary school teachers. In keeping with this, the California Teachers Association may be in the process of enacting an appropriate reaction by repealing the 1999 Villaraigosa amendment to the 1971 Stull Act via Assembly Bill 5 (I'd still like to see the actual text of the bill, which I've read accounts of but not seen directly). That statistical linkage is a wrong-headed reform that hardly any teachers support, especially more experienced teachers better versed in their knowledge of assessment options.

[Sarah]

It’s a little disheartening to see an increased media prominence of school shootings this year... it either means the stories are selling, or violence is increasing. I've always been a holdout with Facebook, I simply refuse to have an account. The sad thing is that I'm a rarity these days. Local news channels require you to have a FB account before you can comment on news stories. Many contests require FB if you want to enter. Even local stores are only circulating coupons and sales flyers through FB now.

[High School Diploma]

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