tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post8442574671054536430..comments2023-11-03T04:00:24.785-04:00Comments on Kentucky School News and Commentary: The Hard PartRichard Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586435007687942849noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post-58609556915925768912014-08-04T21:56:21.309-04:002014-08-04T21:56:21.309-04:00Not sure why educational leaders don't seem to...Not sure why educational leaders don't seem to get this as it seems pretty clear. We spend a lot of money on education but all we talk about is how the achievement, gap, growth, ACT, etc scores don't really go up. Of course the logical conclusion for these leaders that teachers aren't getting the job done, so inturn we put more accountability work and preasure on them and spend more money to prop that up as well as divert more funds toward non educational purposes to pretend to over come social inequities. In the end you are supposed to be relieved that your TPGES growth/achievement scores don't didn't result in your pink slip and you got a 1% raise after 5 or 6 years. Just can't figure figure why college of education enrollments are down and about half the folks leave the profession after 4 or 5 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post-89802336426478113602014-08-04T11:46:40.045-04:002014-08-04T11:46:40.045-04:00Its ironic because this is both the reason why tea...Its ironic because this is both the reason why teachers leave the profession as well as teachers who stay move toward homogenized, marginal performance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com