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Editorial: Time to Hit Reset Button on Teacher Evaluation in New York; by Diane Ravitch

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Diane Ravitch reports that The Editorial Board of the "Journal-News" in the Lower Hudson Valley calls out the absurdity of Goveror Cuomo's teacher evaluation plan. The deadline for a new plan is June 30, which is impossible. They understand why parents are angry at the testing system and the governor: "Declining morale in neighborhood schools is one big reason that many parents boycotted the state tests. How can Cuomo not see the connection?

"Now our leaders are racing to fix the system, but are likely to make it worse."
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I began teaching in 1963,; Ba and BS in Education -Brooklyn College. I have the equivalent of 2 additional Master's, mainly in Literacy Studies and Graphic Design. I was the only seventh grade teacher of English from 1990 -1999 at East Side (more...)
 

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