Comments on: We Are Not Commodities http://www.edwize.org/we-are-not-commodities Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:46:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Another Swing and a Miss from the UFT on Baseball, Education at www.matthewktabor.com : Education and School Issues, News and Analysis http://www.edwize.org/we-are-not-commodities/comment-page-1#comment-65312 Another Swing and a Miss from the UFT on Baseball, Education at www.matthewktabor.com : Education and School Issues, News and Analysis Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:42:36 +0000 http://edwize.org/we-are-not-commodities#comment-65312 [...] UFT’s Leo Casey responded to my post by telling us that teachers are not commodities. After waxing impotent on the romance of our national pastime, Casey advises that we gird ourselves [...] [...] UFT’s Leo Casey responded to my post by telling us that teachers are not commodities. After waxing impotent on the romance of our national pastime, Casey advises that we gird ourselves [...]

]]> By: MichaelB http://www.edwize.org/we-are-not-commodities/comment-page-1#comment-65295 MichaelB Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:17:23 +0000 http://edwize.org/we-are-not-commodities#comment-65295 The original comparison between Billy Beane and Joel Klein was ridiculous. In baseball, everyone accepts the legitimacy of wins and losses as measures of success. In education, we'll never agree on a way to quantify the outcome. Parents and educators know that the student achievement is measured in many ways that aren't reflected in test scores. Klein and his supporters won't acknowledge this obvious reality. The original comparison between Billy Beane and Joel Klein was ridiculous. In baseball, everyone accepts the legitimacy of wins and losses as measures of success. In education, we’ll never agree on a way to quantify the outcome.

Parents and educators know that the student achievement is measured in many ways that aren’t reflected in test scores. Klein and his supporters won’t acknowledge this obvious reality.

]]> By: eduwonkette http://www.edwize.org/we-are-not-commodities/comment-page-1#comment-65285 eduwonkette Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:55:23 +0000 http://edwize.org/we-are-not-commodities#comment-65285 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Dudes and Baseball: Will the baseball argument end by opening day? In reverse order: Kevin Carey, Leo Casey, Kevin Carey, Matthew Tabor, Leo Casey, Kevin Carey, Mike Klonsky, Ed Muir, Kevin Carey, Steve [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] Dudes and Baseball: Will the baseball argument end by opening day? In reverse order: Kevin Carey, Leo Casey, Kevin Carey, Matthew Tabor, Leo Casey, Kevin Carey, Mike Klonsky, Ed Muir, Kevin Carey, Steve [...]

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