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The Other Bullying4 comments

The Assailed Teacher wrote 1 month ago: This story has weighed on my mind since I read about it earlier this year: On Thanksgiving, a grade- … more →

Tags: An Embattled Career, Teaching, Education reform, teacher bashing, White Chalk Crime, Bullying, teacher Bullying, Mary Thorson, teacher suicide

My (unanswered) letter to the L.A. Times about its teacher-ranking witch hunt: "Have you no decency?" -- Also: New Univ. of Colorado report says the Times' research was seriously flawed2 comments

seattleducation2011 wrote 1 year ago: I believe that the L.A. Times’ McCarthyite “outing” of teachers it (inaccurately) … more →

Tags: Teachers and Teaching, High Stakes Testing, Education Reform, Eli Broad, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Unified School District, LA Times, McCarthyism, Value added measurement

Words Matter15 comments

Martha Infante wrote 1 year ago: It was with an unbelievable sense of shock and sadness that the California Council for the Social St … more →

Tags: Politics and Budget, Education reform, Ed Reform, arne duncan, Social Studies, LA Times, ccss, Parent Trigger, parent revolution

Yet another report that measuring teachers by student test scores leads to errors2 comments

seattleducation2011 wrote 1 year ago: Attempts to measure and judge teachers by student standardized test scores continue to be fraught wi … more →

Tags: Teachers and Teaching, High Stakes Testing, Merit Pay/Performance Pay, New York City schools, standardized test, Los Angeles Times, New York City, New York Times, teacher

Does the newspaper bear some responsibility?

jenniferlarsonwrites wrote 1 year ago: Horrible news out of Los Angeles earlier this week: a teacher committed suicide, devastating friends … more →

Tags: Journalism, Newspaper, suicidd, responsibility, Los Angeles Times, teacher, Ratings, Celebrities, Heath Ledger

Teacher Received Top Evaluation Before Suicide3 comments

Darleene wrote 1 year ago: LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles Unified School District official says a teacher who committed suici … more →

Tags: News, Local, Seen on TV, LAUSD, Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles Times

Sorry Mom2 comments

betweenthewords wrote 1 year ago: Dear Mom, I am sorry to tell you that after more than 50 years of waking up to the Los Angeles Times … more →

Tags: Reading, Education 2, mom, L A Times, value-added evaluation, Jason Felch, Stephanie Ferrell, Megan Garvey, Thomas Suh Lauder

Union Wants Teacher Ratings Cut From LA Times Web Site10 comments

cbsjenn wrote 1 year ago: SOUTH GATE (CBS)  — The Los Angeles Times should remove teacher performance ratings from its Web sit … more →

Tags: News, Local, watch & listen, LAUSD, South Gate, Miramonte Elementary School, AJ Duffy, United Teachers Los Angeles

On the sad death of Rigoberto Ruelas.6 comments

Fred Klonsky wrote 1 year ago: Who knows why someone would take their own life? They are not here to explain. We do know that on Su … more →

Tags: obituary

Shame on LA Weekly

ChartEd wrote 1 year ago: A blog on the LA Weekly website posted an entry earlier today supporting the belief that the suicide … more →

Tags: Teachers/Teaching, value-add, J. Patrick Coolican, L.A. Times value-add, Scandal

Union: Low Ranking Factored Into Teacher's Suicide66 comments

Debbie Meron wrote 1 year ago: SOUTH GATE (AP) — Teachers union officials say a Los Angeles-area teacher who killed himself had bee … more →

Tags: News, Local, watch & listen, audio-on-demand, Seen on TV, Heard On Radio, LAUSD, teacher, Miramonte Elementary School

Missing California teacher found dead of suicide www.privateofficer.com

privateofficernews wrote 1 year ago: Pasedena CA Sept 27 2010 A missing schoolteacher from South Gate apparently committed suicide in the … more →

Tags: Suicides

Does the L.A. Times Have Blood on Its Hands?1 comment

seattleducation2011 wrote 1 year ago: Are you happy now, L.A. Times? The news from Los Angeles Sunday night was that the body of public sc … more →

Tags: Los Angeles Times, LA Times, teacher suicide, McCarthyism, witchhunt, Value added measurement, Teacher Quality


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