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Friday, January 20, 2012

By Ann Doss Helms
The Charlotte Observer

North Carolina will offer a new look today at how teachers are rated in all public schools.

The state will post school-by-school numbers on teacher evaluation results in five categories, which range from subject knowledge to ability to deal with diversity. The report does not spell out how individual teachers rated.

The new numbers don't offer a simple judgment on which schools have the best teachers, says N.C. Chief Academic Officer Rebecca Garland. Instead, she says, they'll help parents understand how the state is trying to improve schools by helping teachers get better. The numbers are based on a new statewide evaluation system.

"What it should tell the public is there are some good teachers in every school, and in every school there are some that need to improve in certain areas," Garland said this week.

Starting this year, all N.C. teachers must be evaluated annually.

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General Greensboro

January 20, 2012 - 10:19 am EST

@ turkey: Try that comment again, but without the bad language.

If you have to camouflage a word, you ought not to use it here.

turkey

January 20, 2012 - 12:11 pm EST

I didn't use the word hence the camo. Really delete a whole post for four symbols??? C'mon cut me some slack:)

Ryan

January 20, 2012 - 10:20 am EST

There will always be parents that don't care. That's not an excuse for letting kids slip through the cracks. Because guess what - those kids aren't going to care either when they become parents, and the cycle continues.

turkey

January 20, 2012 - 12:10 pm EST

I don't think we should let kids slip through the cracks but I will tell you the kids that get ALL of our focus now are the really high functiong students ie. the top 5-10% and the very low performing students whether it be with academics or behavior which is the bottom 5-10%. This means we are already letting the average every day kid or the other 60-80% of the kids slip through the cracks.
All I am saying is get rid of the kids that continually prevent other students from learning and give them a choice of an alternative school or no school. School is a priveledge for those that don't want to be there and a right for those who do.

leggomyeggo

January 20, 2012 - 1:58 pm EST

If you are going to grade the teachers; grade the foundation of the kids they teach.. Don't forget, they have parents at home, which 9 times out of 10 aren't helping them. Trust me, it makes a BIG difference.. You know when a child goes home and works hard. Not to mention, when you smash 30 kids in one room you loose all chances at one-on-one learning, so why even bother complaining about bad grades along with lack of commitment.. And "turkey" has a point--I remember those days when you had to wait for the other kids to loose the attitude so the teacher could teach.

There are so many ways to say this teacher-grading ordeal is flawed... Our schools biggest problem is that you've taken childhood out of elementary and screwed standard testing into their brains. What child can solve problems with no known foundation of the word "creativity." Kids don't even want to color with crayons anymore... for crying out loud.