Comments on: You Had Me At Reform http://www.eduwonk.com/2009/03/you-had-me-at-reform.html Education News, Analysis, and Commentary Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:09:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: R. Blaine http://www.eduwonk.com/2009/03/you-had-me-at-reform.html/comment-page-1#comment-67265 R. Blaine Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:43:28 +0000 http://www.eduwonk.com/?p=3843#comment-67265 Expect to see yet another NEA "all hands on deck" initiative on the subject of merit pay. Once the states begin reporting on the status of their own teacher evaluations as part of the stimulus requirements, the pressure will become intense to show some sort of reform profile out of NEA headquarters. Coherence on policy matters is always a problem with the assorted fiefdoms and overlapping mandates that is the NEA structure, but the difficulty is especially severe with the pending departure of Joel Packer, the last real policy brain in the building. Expect to see yet another NEA “all hands on deck” initiative on the subject of merit pay. Once the states begin reporting on the status of their own teacher evaluations as part of the stimulus requirements, the pressure will become intense to show some sort of reform profile out of NEA headquarters. Coherence on policy matters is always a problem with the assorted fiefdoms and overlapping mandates that is the NEA structure, but the difficulty is especially severe with the pending departure of Joel Packer, the last real policy brain in the building.

]]> By: BenjaminL http://www.eduwonk.com/2009/03/you-had-me-at-reform.html/comment-page-1#comment-61390 BenjaminL Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:00:34 +0000 http://www.eduwonk.com/?p=3843#comment-61390 "And a professional occupation that can’t talk about “merit” has some issues…" So depressing. If the public ever held the educational Blob responsible for what it perpetrates... “And a professional occupation that can’t talk about “merit” has some issues…”

So depressing. If the public ever held the educational Blob responsible for what it perpetrates…

]]> By: Mike Antonucci http://www.eduwonk.com/2009/03/you-had-me-at-reform.html/comment-page-1#comment-61364 Mike Antonucci Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:57:31 +0000 http://www.eduwonk.com/?p=3843#comment-61364 You're confused because you're supposed to be. Ignore the public statements and check out the policy (http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/2009/03/11/nea-on-merit-pay-without-the-sugar-coating/). You’re confused because you’re supposed to be. Ignore the public statements and check out the policy (http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/2009/03/11/nea-on-merit-pay-without-the-sugar-coating/).

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