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"American teachers deal with a lot: low pay, growing class sizes and escalating teacher-bashing from politicians and pundits. Federal testing and accountability mandates under No Child Left Behind and, more recently, Race to the Top, have added layers of bureaucracy while eliminating much of the creativity and authentic learning that makes teaching enjoyable. Tack on the recession's massive teacher layoffs and other school cuts, plus the challenges of trying to compensate for increasing child poverty, homelessness, and food insecurity, and you get a trifecta of disincentives to become, or remain, a teacher." Linda Darling-Hommond (Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education, Stanford University)
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Value-Added Evaluation Hurts Teaching
Value-Added Evaluation Hurts Teaching
Joanna Cannon, executive director of the New York City
Department of Education's Office of Research and Data, speaks to
reporters about the release of individual performance rankings of 18,000
public school teachers while New York City Schools Chancellor Dennis
Walcott looks on at the Tweed Courthouse in New York City on Feb. 24.
—Joshua Bright
