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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-10 11:46 AM
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Schools Chancellor Joel Klein wants nothing more than to release data on more than 12,000 teachers
Schools Chancellor Joel Klein wants nothing more than to release data on more than 12,000 teachers
Juan Gonzalez - News
Friday, October 22nd 2010, 4:00 AM




Schools Chancellor Joel Klein wants the world to believe his attempt to make public more than 12,000 Teacher Data Reports was merely a response to an information request from the press.

Don't buy it.

Klein couldn't wait to release the names, along with his arcane rating system that claims to show how much "value" each teacher added to the reading and math scores of their pupils.

He didn't seem to care about unfairly tarnishing the reputations of city teachers like Doreen Crinnigan, a 25-year veteran of the school system who teaches at Public School 48 in Bensonhurst.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/columnists/gonzalez/index.html#ixzz1KSmr787a
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-10 12:11 PM
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1. How is Klein qualified to be a chancellor?
Why do people hire jackasses that don't have proper background?

The guy should be fired and banished from any aspect of education.
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