Comments on: Teachers are accountable for skills, not results http://wlkr.org/2008/09/07/teachers-are-accountable-for-skills-not-results/ Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:06:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Glenn http://wlkr.org/2008/09/07/teachers-are-accountable-for-skills-not-results/comment-page-1/#comment-5595 Glenn Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:12:06 +0000 http://wlkr.org/?p=226#comment-5595 You aren't suggesting that you get different support and resources in Columbus City Schools as compared to say the Olentangy School District... are you? http://www.schooldatadirect.org/ has a ton of information on demographics and even allows you to compare individual schools to each other. You aren’t suggesting that you get different support and resources in Columbus City Schools as compared to say the Olentangy School District… are you?

http://www.schooldatadirect.org/ has a ton of information on demographics and even allows you to compare individual schools to each other.

]]> By: Rock http://wlkr.org/2008/09/07/teachers-are-accountable-for-skills-not-results/comment-page-1/#comment-5577 Rock Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:12:11 +0000 http://wlkr.org/?p=226#comment-5577 "The only thing educators should be held accountable for is the understanding and application, with reasonable skill, of the best practices the system makes known to them and supports them in developing." This is close, but I would also add that your application of those "best practices" depends greatly on the schedule you have, the type of students you have, the number of students you have and the supplies you have (which vary from room to room even in a single school - and vary even more from district to district) “The only thing educators should be held accountable for is the understanding and application, with reasonable skill, of the best practices the system makes known to them and supports them in developing.”

This is close, but I would also add that your application of those “best practices” depends greatly on the schedule you have, the type of students you have, the number of students you have and the supplies you have (which vary from room to room even in a single school – and vary even more from district to district)

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