tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685550621083709705.post2989833740604948689..comments2016-11-26T11:42:10.584-08:00Comments on the unpolished apple: your child's education is none of your businessEngineerScottyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11005863528905991434noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685550621083709705.post-14875241401158183002010-08-28T22:58:51.303-07:002010-08-28T22:58:51.303-07:00There's already numerous "rate your kids ...There's already numerous "rate your kids teacher" websites on the internet--like yelp (and others) for public schools. Many of these sites aren't significant yet; and an uncontrolled forum is probably not a good way of evaluating teachers--but the parent grapevine does exist already.EngineerScottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11005863528905991434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2685550621083709705.post-13351033526342900942010-08-28T08:13:03.703-07:002010-08-28T08:13:03.703-07:00Food for thought.
I think technology is going to ...<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-teachers-value-20100815,0,258862,full.story" rel="nofollow">Food for thought</a>.<br /><br />I think technology is going to change public education radically, not least by more public recognition of "good" teachers and "bad" ones. I put good and bad in quotes as they are subjective, but that won't stop the assignment of ratings. Schools will have no choice but to accept greater parental involvement.<br /><br />Consider parents in LA. What will those parents do who find out their child will likely drop 10+ percentile points ranked against their peers because they were assigned a "bad" teacher? I see either a more collaborative relationship between administrators and parents, or torches and pitchforks.BJCefolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853184790589644682noreply@blogger.com