CA Gov Brown trusts the teachers in the classrooms, calls for local control. Blasts

[madfloridian]

17. "and it needs to come from somewhere."

The "change" right now is coming from the corporate world which does not have the student in mind as much they are after profit. Education is a field which has previously been mainly off limits to them.

Now that field is opened up widely by Democratic politicians who are enforcing the policies of George Bush.

You say it might not be good change, but any change is needed?

Your quote:

"Maybe the 'reformers' aren't doing good things to the education system, but the system needs change (as all systems do over time); and it needs to come from somewhere. There should be some component of local control, but the core curriculum needs to be based on a national standard and teachers need to be evaluated on their ability to teach that core material. The only way to evaluate teacher performance; is to evaluate the students that they are supposed to be teaching. "

Disagree on all counts. It is the worst way to evaluate teachers, as the tests are made by private companies and not based on what is taught in the classroom.