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CEA won’t sign on for round 2 of R2T
Written by Nancy Mitchell on Apr 14th, 2010. | Copyright © EdNewsColorado.org
If a patient fails to follow the advice of a doctor to lose weight and change diet and suffers a debilitating disease, is the doctor or the patient responsible? If a student performs poorly on a test due to malnutrition, illness, a vocabulary gap, etc., is that the responsibility of the student, teacher or society? Are teachers really the most important factor in the education of a child? What about parents and, of course, the student? Why aren’t such questions being studied and answered before determining who’s responsible for education’s myriad of problems?
Linking teacher evaluation with student progress is not about assigning all the blame for educational failure on one component of the education equation. It’s about giving teachers the tools and incentives to help them succeed at what they were hired to do: teach students. Student achievement is not the only factor that will be used in assessing teacher effectiveness, but it is an important one. The fact remains that every child can learn–and there are schools and teachers throughout Connecticut (and no doubt Colorado) that have proven that.
We think the legislation introduced will significantly enhance the Centennial State’s chances of winning the second round of Race to the Top, and hope Connecticut lawmakers will follow suit.
http://www.conncan.org/learn/blog/competition-9
O.K. CEA, how about working toward getting that money for our students. What plans have you come up with to strengthen the application’s efforts to “Ensuring equitable distribution of effective teachers and principals,” and “Providing high-quality pathways for aspiring teachers and principals.” You should be the most versed on this and have the greatest motivation to ensure that our state is strong in these areas. Quit whining and start helping. All paddles in the water please!
Where were these angry teachers when their PERA annual benefit increase was misappropriated with PERA’s SB 10-001?
[...] Jones’ surprise endorsement of the bill in the Denver Post. That letter prompted the CEA to withhold support of the state’s Race to the Top grant [...]