Teachers

>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "It is an absolute given that if a teacher is improving their practice, students will do better in school..." -Kim Fandiño, Lebanon School District >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Chalkboard Project needs to re-examine your strategy. Teachers are not the cause of low student performance. I agree we need to pay teachers more, give them respect and fund schools properly. I always vote for schools. However the data show that poverty is what causes low student performance. Data that correlate teachers improving their practice with student performance do not stand up to scientific standards using controls, cause and effect, and statistical significance.

http://uteachweb.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/BrokenEducation2011.pdf

Richard