You’re telling me that Miles, the guy who isn’t afraid to sell and oversell every other part of his reform effort is completely tight-lipped about the kinds of teachers who are leaving, despite HISD measuring teachers in dozens of different ways, when producing that data - even broadly and generically, not on an individual basis - would be as big as an exoneration of Miles’s reform effort as jumps in test scores? The Union suit is only about tying *pay* to performance - Miles isn’t under any gag order to not comment about teacher performance at all. He’s free to say, “We have data showing the majority of teachers who are leaving are in the bottom X% on principal ratings, student test scores, and student incremental achievement,” but he doesn’t. C’mon, Jim. You’re arguing that Miles not saying anything means he obviously has something? That’s some “Trump is playing 4D chess” stuff.
Teachers who do not care whether their students are learning what they believe they are teaching have lost their passion for the job, if they ever had it in the first place. They are disengaged from the practice. HISD should have a set of expectations and organizational values to be signed by each employee. They can be evaluated against those expectations and values in addition to learning outcomes.
Too bad most editorial boards aren't ready to engage with the possibility that dysfunctional unions like the teachers might be harming the growth of said boards' beloved union movement more broadly.
I am a huge fan of editorial pissiness. Especially when it's you writing it! I used to read the Observer every day just to see what kind of pissy mood you were in that day. So good!
You’re telling me that Miles, the guy who isn’t afraid to sell and oversell every other part of his reform effort is completely tight-lipped about the kinds of teachers who are leaving, despite HISD measuring teachers in dozens of different ways, when producing that data - even broadly and generically, not on an individual basis - would be as big as an exoneration of Miles’s reform effort as jumps in test scores? The Union suit is only about tying *pay* to performance - Miles isn’t under any gag order to not comment about teacher performance at all. He’s free to say, “We have data showing the majority of teachers who are leaving are in the bottom X% on principal ratings, student test scores, and student incremental achievement,” but he doesn’t. C’mon, Jim. You’re arguing that Miles not saying anything means he obviously has something? That’s some “Trump is playing 4D chess” stuff.
Teachers who do not care whether their students are learning what they believe they are teaching have lost their passion for the job, if they ever had it in the first place. They are disengaged from the practice. HISD should have a set of expectations and organizational values to be signed by each employee. They can be evaluated against those expectations and values in addition to learning outcomes.
I hope you are correct that Miles knows, and if HISD is losing too many of the irreplaceables Miles is adjusting to change that too.
Too bad most editorial boards aren't ready to engage with the possibility that dysfunctional unions like the teachers might be harming the growth of said boards' beloved union movement more broadly.
I am a huge fan of editorial pissiness. Especially when it's you writing it! I used to read the Observer every day just to see what kind of pissy mood you were in that day. So good!
Shootsy, I'm so glad you're on this beat!!!
You are my mad dog! Bite! Chomp!
Then send them to my door— I'll make up all the excuses!
PS: I'm really good at befuddling cops.
(Hint: helpless old lady. I play the part well.)