Brief interview with Commissioner Huffman and a reporter at Chalkbeat where he equates licensure renewal of teacher licenses not tied to TVAAS data as a “rubber stamp.” I personally believe that TVAAS doesn’t constitute the only possible metric of teacher performance as we have… Read More ›
The State Board of Education voted yesterday against tying teacher licensure decisions to TVAAS data. This reversed a controversial decision from last August which tied teacher licensure to TVAAS scores. Here’s a little more from the TEA’s statement, who was… Read More ›
A couple big news pieces today, both Memphis and Nationally. Once you’re done, click back to the homepage and sign up for our email updates! Commercial Appeal: Between the ASD and Izone, 14 new schools are expected to join these… Read More ›
Lots of stories from Memphis, Shelby County and around Tennessee today. I’ll refrain from long textual quotes and let y’all click the links you want yourselves. Here are your edlinks for 8/19: Kevin Woods and Ken Whalum will square off… Read More ›
Commercial Appeal: Editorial by J.R. Hyde and Greg Morton giving their take on why they believe the reforms on how we pay teachers in Tennessee are a positive step forward : The new system also builds on Tennessee’s earlier efforts… Read More ›
