Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Two Interesting Items (orig. 3/8/2011)

Yesterday's NY Times had a couple of items of interest to educators.

1) An article which illustrates just how flawed the use of a numerical evaluation based on student test scores can be. Imagine you are a teacher that everybody--administrators, students, parents, peers--see as the teacher they would like to have for their child. Then imagine your numerical evaluation score denies you a chance at receiving tenure? Here's the link:


2) Paul Krugman's column reveals that "the notion that putting more kids through college can restore the middle-class society we used to have is wishful thinking. It’s no longer true that having a college degree guarantees that you’ll get a good job, and it’s becoming less true with each passing decade." If you have pre-college grandchildren, you'll want to read this:

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