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[quote=Anonymous]Sure, but the bottom line is, there's a healthy debate regarding *how* we should evaluate teachers, and it's a straw man to argue that those who think teacher quality is part and parcel of school reform don't care about other aspects of school reform.  We do.  But there are many folks on the other side who have explicitly argued that, while of course ensuring teacher quality is part of the larger picture, that is the *only* component we shouldn't even bother with until every single other component is addressed.

I think shitty principals should be canned.  I think the safety net should be strengthened.  Everyone on the thread seems to agree.  The only point of disagreement here is that shitty teachers should be canned as well.  And that's after everyone has agreed that there are bad teachers in the system.  Suddenly a reasonable effort to address what's addressable becomes "scapegoating".

I'm afraid it's this kind of buck-passing that's got us to the point we're at.  Let's not take any steps to improve administration. After all, the problem is endemic poverty and poor teaching.  Until we fix that, getting rid of useless administrators is not going to fix everything.  Same with principals.  Same with facilities (which of course is the common conservative critique).

Everyone is furious about the scapegoating and pointing fingers at everyone else.  It's pathetic, and makes people want to fire everyone involved in the whole sordid mess, burn it all down, and start over with an entirely fresh set of actors.  Hence the popularity of both charters and TFA and the like. [/quote]

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