Teacher issues
If only we could get rid of ineffective teachers…
Once again, stating the obvious. MySA.com: Metro | State: The only way to reduce school dropouts and increase student performance is to put effective teachers in the classrooms, said Sandy Kress, a leader of the group who also served as a senior education adviser to President Bush. Ah, but this report has a “solution!” Dallas [...]
Things are getting interesting…
Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | News: Local News: A former Preston Hollow Elementary School teacher says she was fired for fighting racial segregation at the school.Graciela McKay filed a federal lawsuit Friday alleging that school officials retaliated against her for speaking out about discriminatory practices at the school. The suit comes [...]
What’s the point?
Generally, I think it’s a good thing to spell out expectations: 80(R) HB 380 – Introduced version – Bill Text: Sec.?26.014.??EDUCATIONAL INVOLVEMENT AGREEMENT. (a) The agency shall adopt an educational involvement agreement form for use by school districts to be signed by a student, the student’s parent, each of the student’s teachers, and the principal [...]
Now there’s an idea
At the risk of being accused of beating a dead horse: Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Education Columnist Scott Parks: School board members, especially in the suburbs, are not wily politicos. Most are community volunteers with busy lives and jobs. What they know about district affairs comes from the superintendent and [...]
If it’s all McGee’s fault, why are they settling?
So it looks like we’ll never know after all. I still think that the principal’s handling of this situation warrants a “growth plan”equal to that of McGee’s. Lawson had already collected her data/evaluation before the museum trip but they weren’t revealed to McGee until after the trip. That, in of itself, is no big deal. [...]
McGee says “no but…”
Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Latest News: FRISCO – The elementary school art teacher entangled in a fight with the Frisco school district turned down the district’s settlement offer Thursday morning. Sydney McGee’s lawyer said he submitted a counter-proposal to the district, but he declined to discuss the proposal. Maybe we’ll [...]
Quiet money
Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Latest News: FRISCO – The elementary school art teacher embroiled in a public fight with Frisco ISD has until noon Thursday to approve a settlement deal or the district will start the process to fire her, Superintendent Rick Reedy said Monday night.The proposed agreement calls for [...]
Either Or
EITHER Syndey McGee is a champion of the arts and the Frisco school district composed of neanderthals seeking only to please a culturally repressed parent OR Frisco ISD has been unfairly and unwarrantably attacked by a sensationalist press manipulated by an incompetent educator interested only in preserving her job. Sorry, while there are plenty of [...]
Creating a perfect storm
Congratulations to the Dallas Morning News for finally presenting “the other side” of the McGee story. Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Collin County Education: McKinney ISD in 1998 to end her employment as a second grade teacher at Glen Oaks Elementary School. Under the arrangement, Ms. McGee received a positive recommendation [...]
McGee will show hers if Lawson will
Frisco district wants to open art teacher’s personnel file: FRISCO — The Frisco school district wants to open an art teacher’s personnel file to the public to defend itself against her claim that she was reprimanded for allowing a fifth-grade student to see nude art. Frisco district wants to open art teacher’s personnel file: Superintendent [...]