Comments on: NCLB, Obama, and Global Implications http://beyond-school.org/2008/11/30/obama-and-nclb/ More learning. Less schooliness. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:17:15 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Education - Change.org: Opting In to Open-Minded Learning: A Fantasy http://beyond-school.org/2008/11/30/obama-and-nclb/comment-page-1/#comment-7528 Education - Change.org: Opting In to Open-Minded Learning: A Fantasy Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:10:49 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=1753#comment-7528 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] there's the rub, no? I wrote about the 'dismissing unionized bad teachers' question over on Beyond School here. Stephen Downes' pingback to his long response is worth reading, as are all the comments. Many give [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] there’s the rub, no? I wrote about the ‘dismissing unionized bad teachers’ question over on Beyond School here. Stephen Downes’ pingback to his long response is worth reading, as are all the comments. Many give [...]

]]> By: Natalie Hollnad http://beyond-school.org/2008/11/30/obama-and-nclb/comment-page-1/#comment-7498 Natalie Hollnad Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:17:04 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=1753#comment-7498 You said: "The other elements of the plan are encouraging and well worth the read, but - heresy warning - nowhere in the plan do we see any mention of the one issue that, in my view, the anti-union camp rightly raises: how to remove inept teachers from schools. Let’s be honest: we teachers have all worked with “omigod” colleagues we’d never want to inflict on a child." What do you think of his comment at the press conference, "Bad teachers need to be fired." How about Duncan? You said: “The other elements of the plan are encouraging and well worth the read, but – heresy warning – nowhere in the plan do we see any mention of the one issue that, in my view, the anti-union camp rightly raises: how to remove inept teachers from schools. Let’s be honest: we teachers have all worked with “omigod” colleagues we’d never want to inflict on a child.”

What do you think of his comment at the press conference, “Bad teachers need to be fired.”
How about Duncan?

]]> By: ED4Change » The Next Step… possible? http://beyond-school.org/2008/11/30/obama-and-nclb/comment-page-1/#comment-6933 ED4Change » The Next Step… possible? Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:16:33 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=1753#comment-6933 [...] burell addresses the surface of the idea at the end of this post as heretical close, as does this blog post by corey (i [...] [...] burell addresses the surface of the idea at the end of this post as heretical close, as does this blog post by corey (i [...]

]]> By: ED4Change » The Next Step… possible? http://beyond-school.org/2008/11/30/obama-and-nclb/comment-page-1/#comment-6934 ED4Change » The Next Step… possible? Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:16:33 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=1753#comment-6934 [...] burell addresses the surface of the idea at the end of this post as heretical close, as does this blog post by corey (i [...] [...] burell addresses the surface of the idea at the end of this post as heretical close, as does this blog post by corey (i [...]

]]> By: Ideas and Thoughts from an EdTech » Blog Archive » Why Michelle Rhee gets its wrong http://beyond-school.org/2008/11/30/obama-and-nclb/comment-page-1/#comment-6779 Ideas and Thoughts from an EdTech » Blog Archive » Why Michelle Rhee gets its wrong Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:31:27 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=1753#comment-6779 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] post, Dean. I just wrote about how US education policies are threatening to infect other countries, and bam, you add Canada [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] post, Dean. I just wrote about how US education policies are threatening to infect other countries, and bam, you add Canada [...]

]]> By: Half an Hour: Firing Teachers http://beyond-school.org/2008/11/30/obama-and-nclb/comment-page-1/#comment-6745 Half an Hour: Firing Teachers Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:35:38 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=1753#comment-6745 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] to Clay Burrell.One of the myths prevalent in discussions about the education system is that union rule prohibit [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] to Clay Burrell.One of the myths prevalent in discussions about the education system is that union rule prohibit [...]

]]> By: Clay Burell http://beyond-school.org/2008/11/30/obama-and-nclb/comment-page-1/#comment-6744 Clay Burell Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:51:48 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=1753#comment-6744 Trackbacks are slow, so I'll <a href="http://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2008/11/firing-teachers.html" rel="nofollow">link to Stephen Downes' response</a> to this post here. Well worth a read. Trackbacks are slow, so I’ll link to Stephen Downes’ response to this post here. Well worth a read.

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