As students and teachers returned to school on Monday after the publication of 18,000 teachers' performance rankings, many parents said they were looking at their children's teachers' reports and giving them serious thought. Yet there was an equal measure of skepticism from parents who doubted that test scores bore any relationship to classroom competence.

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New York releases all teacher evaluations
Baltimore Sun (blog)
In case you hadn't heard what is sure to be one of the most explosive education stories of the year, New York City has released the value-added evaluation data for its 18000 educators, which was published in the New York Times this weekend.
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The crucial questions in the trial of Dharun Ravi are whether Mr. Ravi was motivated by a dislike of gays to bully Tyler Clementi, who committed suicide, and whether Mr. Clementi perceived the situation that way.

After a weekend of outrage and anger among his members, the president of the teachers' union, Michael Mulgrew, greeted teachers returning to school in Brooklyn on Monday and sounded a note of defiance in the union's approach to the education policies of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg.

There was no single profile for the teachers who ranked highest based on the test-score data released Friday, but many questioned the utility of the rating system in which they excelled.

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An increasing number of public colleges and universities are charging different tuition rates, based on a student's major or year of enrollment, a survey finds.

Thiele: Make New York a national leader on teacher accountability
Riverhead LOCAL
Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. (I, D, WF-Sag Harbor) announced his support for a groundbreaking agreement on a new statewide evaluation system that will make New York State a national leader in holding teachers accountable for student achievement.

Last week was February break for city schools, but it was hard to tell, given the tumult of public school-related news. Not only was an audit released by the city pointing to serious problems tied to credits and exams at nine high schools, but the city also finally made public its rankings of individual teachers after a long legal battle.

Who Is Responsible For The New York Teacher Data Dump?
The Atlantic
Last week, the New York City Department of Education planned to release Teacher Data Reports, which include the names of more than 12000 city teachers and what are known as their "value-added" scores. The release of these data reports -- which tell us ...

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Carole Estabrook: Don't blame the teachers
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There is nothing more shameful than blaming educators for the economic crisis facing schools today. It is no secret that New York students aren't performing well on the national average. And, frankly, it's no wonder. State cuts in education have led to ...
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