Guess what Michelle Rhee charged a school to speak

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[Post New]10/26/2011 13:11
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Anonymous
How much money do you think Michelle Rhee, former Washington D.C. schools superintendent who now runs an organization called StudentsFirst, charged a regional 11,000-student campus in the Kent State University public system to speak about school reform?

Please guess before posting the figure.
[Post New]10/26/2011 13:14
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Anonymous
Guess what? No one gives a shit.
[Post New]10/26/2011 13:17
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Anonymous
$35k
[Post New]10/26/2011 13:22
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Anonymous
$25,000
[Post New]10/26/2011 13:23
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Anonymous
Doesn't seem particularly high.

http://www.ecospeakers.com/fees/
[Post New]10/26/2011 13:53
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Anonymous
She should have paid them to have them listen to her.
[Post New]10/26/2011 14:09
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Anonymous
Go for it Michelle.
[Post New]10/26/2011 14:19
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Anonymous
I guess we should have appreciated her more while we had her--who knew her words were so valuable?
[Post New]10/26/2011 15:30
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Anonymous
Who cares about her she made changes that flopped and took credit for test scores rising when there was cheating going on....NEXT
[Post New]10/26/2011 16:02
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Who cares about her she made changes that flopped and took credit for test scores rising when there was cheating going on....NEXT


Doesn't matter. Her legacy will be IMPACT. Now we can actually pay good teachers well, and fire shitty teachers. That's worth whatever the cost we paid. Everything else was window dressing.
[Post New]10/26/2011 16:12
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jsteele
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Who cares about her she made changes that flopped and took credit for test scores rising when there was cheating going on....NEXT


Doesn't matter. Her legacy will be IMPACT. Now we can actually pay good teachers well, and fire shitty teachers. That's worth whatever the cost we paid. Everything else was window dressing.


IMPACT evaluates how well teachers adhere to a formula and how successful they are at raising standardized test scores. As such, it is useful for identifying a specific kind of teacher, though not necessarily a good one. A robot with a good eraser would be evaluated quite well by IMPACT.

[Post New]10/26/2011 16:33
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Anonymous
jsteele wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Who cares about her she made changes that flopped and took credit for test scores rising when there was cheating going on....NEXT


Doesn't matter. Her legacy will be IMPACT. Now we can actually pay good teachers well, and fire shitty teachers. That's worth whatever the cost we paid. Everything else was window dressing.


IMPACT evaluates how well teachers adhere to a formula and how successful they are at raising standardized test scores. As such, it is useful for identifying a specific kind of teacher, though not necessarily a good one. A robot with a good eraser would be evaluated quite well by IMPACT.



At least it's something. You can improve "something". The situation before was essentially zero-accountability...
[Post New]10/26/2011 16:52
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Anonymous
True professionalism is not creating teacher-bots. But if that's what you want for your kid...I guess the future is here....
[Post New]10/26/2011 17:57
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:



At least it's something. You can improve "something". The situation before was essentially zero-accountability...



Now it's stupid accountability. Teachers play the game - putting on a dog and pony show when the evaluator shows up.

Surprise - the most effective teachers are at schools with the highest SES kids!

most teachers are rated effective or highly effective and still the scores are flat or declining.
[Post New]10/26/2011 18:22
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Anonymous
Sorry if I am slow, what was her fee? I did not see her listed on the attached link.
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