Bruce D. Baker of the National Education Policy Center writes about what he calls the "Toxic Trifecta" of education reforms involving high-stakes teacher evaluation systems. The items on the list should sound awfully familiar to South Dakotans debating Governor Dennis…
Posts tagged as “tenure”
Listen to Lee: there is no tenure! There hasn't been a legal impediment to terminating an educator in South Dakota since 1995.... There may have been a management issue that continued since 1995 as to whether administrators are doing their…
James Cutshaw, superintendent of the Wolsey-Wessington School District, testified against Senate Bill 85 last Thursday. In his five minutes (starting at 2:38:00 in the hearing record from SDPB) He many a number of comments relevant not only to the debate…
Teachers stood out in the cold this morning in Sioux Falls to protest HB 1234, the train wreck of education "reforms" that Republican groupthink in Pierre wants to foist on South Dakota's K-12 system, against all evidence of what actually…
Tony Martinet teaches and coaches debate at Sioux Falls Lincoln High School. Three years ago, at students' request, he took on the challenge of advising the LHS Gay Straight Alliance. Sticking up for gay kids is a risk in South…
Northern State University senior and math education major Naomi Paulson testified before the House Education committee yesterday. She told them that the reforms Governor Dennis Daugaard wants to foist upon South Dakota schools will likely drive her to seek work…
Let's get clear on "tenure." Under current law, schools choose whether or not to renew the contracts of their current teachers by April 15. If a school district chooses not to renew a teacher who has worked for the district…