Comments on: Two more bills

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:46:25 +0000

Thank you for your comment. Teacher identification numbers will be used to quantify which forms of teacher training and certification have the greatest impact on students’ academic growth in the classroom. Twenty-one other states are using both of these measures. These are to be randomly selected with no personal information included in the “number”.

By: Margie Drazba

Margie Drazba — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:33:41 +0000

Mr. Murphy,
I do not agree with HB587 – teacher identification system. I think it is another bureaucratic rat-hole and could turn into a witch-hunt, so to speak. I don’t know what type of education policy questions could come from this, but it doesn’t appear useful. It is just another “great idea” from one of our state educators.

By: Judy Hall

Judy Hall — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:26:59 +0000

Great idea but if this is part of the stimulus package, how many jobs is it providing and for how long? Looks like maybe one and when the grant is done, the person loses its job. They should find other money for this and use the stimulus for what it was meant to do.