Let them teach. Agree.misterholt wrote:26000 teachers in Chicago strike while 350000 kids aren't getting an education. I understand we all want job security and good pay. I think teachers deserve it more. The real issue isn't a fair teacher evaluation. It's what we allow our teachers to do. STOP mandatory state testing and let teachers actually oh I don't know.....TEACH!
However, to what standard?
There HAS to be a realistic performance standard we can expect out of a student at each grade, and while the exact nature of the standards are certainly debatable, I would never agree with eliminating them entirely.