OT – Waiting for “Superman”

[njtosd]

[quote=AN]Interesting article. I can totally see teachers trying to cheat to get a bonus. But that to me is not a knock on the standardize test as much as some teachers/people willing to do anything for a few grand. A simple solution would be to have a SAT like test where teachers get removed from the testing site during the test taking period.

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Another way to do it is using statistics, as described in “Freakonomics” where cheating was proven (and teachers successfully fired) by looking at the rate of correct answers at the end of the test. One way teachers cheat is to fill in correct answers at the end of test for kids who didn’t finish – so the rate of correct answers on those last questions, when compared to the rest of the test, can prove that someone tampered. The authors of that book also seem to think the DC teachers are possibly cheating:

http://www.freakonomics.com/2011/03/30/have-d-c-s-best-schools-been-cheating-2/

[scaredyclassic]

I cried at the end of the movie at the boy w the Polaroid of his dad by his bed.

[scaredyclassic]

I cried at the end of the movie at the boy w the Polaroid of his dad by his bed.

[scaredyclassic]

I cried at the end of the movie at the boy w the Polaroid of his dad by his bed.

[scaredyclassic]

I cried at the end of the movie at the boy w the Polaroid of his dad by his bed.

[scaredyclassic]

I cried at the end of the movie at the boy w the Polaroid of his dad by his bed.

[UCGal]

I thought the movie did a good job illuminating some of the PROBLEMS in education but failed, big time, on outlining the solutions.

If you watch the movie you’d end up thinking that all charter schools are better than traditional public schools. That charter schools are the answer to it all.

Looking at San Diego Unified (biggest district in the county) only one charter school stands out as outstanding – Preuss. To get into Preuss you have to be a kid from a single family household. So it’s not open to all kids to apply. The other charter schools in SDUSD are in the middle of the pack by almost any standard… api scores, graduation rates, kids getting into college.

[UCGal]

I thought the movie did a good job illuminating some of the PROBLEMS in education but failed, big time, on outlining the solutions.

If you watch the movie you’d end up thinking that all charter schools are better than traditional public schools. That charter schools are the answer to it all.

Looking at San Diego Unified (biggest district in the county) only one charter school stands out as outstanding – Preuss. To get into Preuss you have to be a kid from a single family household. So it’s not open to all kids to apply. The other charter schools in SDUSD are in the middle of the pack by almost any standard… api scores, graduation rates, kids getting into college.

[UCGal]

I thought the movie did a good job illuminating some of the PROBLEMS in education but failed, big time, on outlining the solutions.

If you watch the movie you’d end up thinking that all charter schools are better than traditional public schools. That charter schools are the answer to it all.

Looking at San Diego Unified (biggest district in the county) only one charter school stands out as outstanding – Preuss. To get into Preuss you have to be a kid from a single family household. So it’s not open to all kids to apply. The other charter schools in SDUSD are in the middle of the pack by almost any standard… api scores, graduation rates, kids getting into college.

[UCGal]

I thought the movie did a good job illuminating some of the PROBLEMS in education but failed, big time, on outlining the solutions.

If you watch the movie you’d end up thinking that all charter schools are better than traditional public schools. That charter schools are the answer to it all.

Looking at San Diego Unified (biggest district in the county) only one charter school stands out as outstanding – Preuss. To get into Preuss you have to be a kid from a single family household. So it’s not open to all kids to apply. The other charter schools in SDUSD are in the middle of the pack by almost any standard… api scores, graduation rates, kids getting into college.

[UCGal]

I thought the movie did a good job illuminating some of the PROBLEMS in education but failed, big time, on outlining the solutions.

If you watch the movie you’d end up thinking that all charter schools are better than traditional public schools. That charter schools are the answer to it all.

Looking at San Diego Unified (biggest district in the county) only one charter school stands out as outstanding – Preuss. To get into Preuss you have to be a kid from a single family household. So it’s not open to all kids to apply. The other charter schools in SDUSD are in the middle of the pack by almost any standard… api scores, graduation rates, kids getting into college.

[an]

I totally agree with you UCGal. I think the movie fail at the solution part as well. I personally don’t think charter is the only or even best solution either. I don’t know if there’seven a silver bullet that will fix all of the problems. But we definitely need to inject competition into the teaching profession. We need to reward great teachers much more and fire bad teachers.

[an]

I totally agree with you UCGal. I think the movie fail at the solution part as well. I personally don’t think charter is the only or even best solution either. I don’t know if there’seven a silver bullet that will fix all of the problems. But we definitely need to inject competition into the teaching profession. We need to reward great teachers much more and fire bad teachers.

[an]

I totally agree with you UCGal. I think the movie fail at the solution part as well. I personally don’t think charter is the only or even best solution either. I don’t know if there’seven a silver bullet that will fix all of the problems. But we definitely need to inject competition into the teaching profession. We need to reward great teachers much more and fire bad teachers.

[an]

I totally agree with you UCGal. I think the movie fail at the solution part as well. I personally don’t think charter is the only or even best solution either. I don’t know if there’seven a silver bullet that will fix all of the problems. But we definitely need to inject competition into the teaching profession. We need to reward great teachers much more and fire bad teachers.

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