OPINION: I’m a teacher and you’re gonna get me fired!
As students march into their classes this week, the teachers will be smiling at each of them, but underneath the smile they’ll be thinking, “Another one to get me fired.”
“Why?” you say. Well, you can thank President Obama, Education Secretary Duncan,
Former Chancellors Klein of NYC and Rhee of DC, Chancellor Walcott, Mayor Bloomberg, the UFT, and assorted educational policy makers trying to make a name for themselves. All contributed to the fiasco called “Value Added” and the idea of judging teachers based upon student results on standardized tests. These two concepts are destructive weapons in use to attack the educational system and the student-teacher relationship.