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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There's two sides to the coin - If there are kids who are a repeat behavior problem from class to class, regardless of teacher, it is that student who is the problem and addressing the student's bad behavior is where focus needs to be.

But at the same time, if teachers have inadequate classroom management skills, that's certainly also a huge problem - check for example YouTube for videos with teachers displaying completely ineffective or even completely inappropriate behavior - some teachers really really don't know how to manage students and classrooms effectively, and that's something that the school administration needs to diagnose and deal with effectively as well.[/quote]

And with their zillion dollar IMPACT evaluation system, DCPS has surely gotten rid of all the teachers with poor classroom mgt skills.[/quote]

What's your solution?  Poor classroom management continues, and there are still lousy teachers.  Rather than whining about IMPACT, or saying "get rid of IMPACT" the answer needs to be "what do we replace it with?"  So...  what is your answer?[/quote]

I don't feel obliged to have a ready-made solution to all the ills of DCPS, but I will say that we should first get rid of the present administration, that has completely failed.  Replace it with a competent administration that understands that teachers alone can't solve all the problems of urban education.  That's a start.  If the admin is competent, it's practices  will be based on common sense and empirical information, not a belief system and miracles.[/quote]
+1 with an AMEN![/quote]

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