A good friend of mine, let’s call her Anne, left my old district school the same time as me. Anne was a fantastic teacher, one who helped our school dramatically raise its test scores. She was beloved by the students…
Back in December, SCS announced its new teacher pay scale based on evaluation and test scores with this tweet: With plans to offer more attractive & competitive salaries for teachers, make sure you follow @SCSk12Jobs for info on joining SCS!…
From all accounts, last night’s SCS board meeting was a real firecracker. Twitter photos showed dozens, perhaps hundreds, of teachers protesting the board’s decision to base teacher compensation purely on their teacher evaluation score (I was unfortunately unable to attend). …
We’re starting a new three part series this month called “Education Leadership Stories.” This series will offer in depth profiles on people who started in the classroom but who have gone on to impact public education policy either while remaining as teachers…
According to Jane Roberts at the Commercial Appeal, tonight Shelby County Schools adopted the first phase of a teacher pay-plan based on performance: The highest performing teachers, those who earn a 5 on their annual evaluation, are slated to get a…
State TCAP Data is out! James Aycock breaks down middle school performance to identify who’s doing well and who isn’t for the purpose of learning from the best and improving the rest.
Though it’s often lost in the shuffle, research suggests that pre-K is just as important to future student success as common core, charters and vouchers! Read more here.
This past week Councilman Harris issued a resolution that would require the city to pay its debt to to Shelby County Schools of $57.5 million. From the resolution: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the Memphis City Council respectfully requests that…
Since 2008, the City of Memphis and Memphis City Schools (now Shelby County Schools) have wrangled inside and outside of courtrooms over whether the City owes $57.5 million to the schools system. Although the City lost the initial court cases,…
If you didn’t see this earlier in the week, Supt. Hopson took a bold stand in the face of continued intransigence on the part of our state elected officials round common core by declaring “we’re ready!” In his own words…
