Britt Robson wrote:
Is Mr. McGuire saying that lack of state funding and the uncertainty about
how much funding schools will have in the coming biennium has "very little"
to do with teacher instability?
Yes.
Or is he hiding behind the "state law"
construction (as opposed to "state action") so that he can lay the blame on
the current MPS administration?
I'm not hiding behind anything.
How much does declining enrollment and the
consequent downsizing of the teacher workforce, couple with seniority rules,
have to do with teacher instability?
How much does declining enrollment have to do with due to the school
closings and administrative decisions to lop off teachers and programs
without first making qualitative decisions? The parents I talk to say
it's a big factor.
Is it really mostly about "lopping off" quality teachers and programs without
any forethought as to their
effectiveness?
Tell me about the decision making process that was used to determine
which programs and teachers were lopped.
Finally, if peformance pay for teachers really becomes a part of the state
solution to ending the shutdown, how will that affect teachers in the MPS?
That will depend on how it is implemented. If it is done on the cheap,
it will probably exacerbate instability. If sufficient talent and
resources are applied to the process, stability and student achievement
will likely be enhanced. But don't expect the results to show up next
semester.
Dan McGuire
Ericsson
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