NYSED Get "F" in Principal Assessments

[Chris_Wendt]

Read the latest knock on NYSED (link).

This one is about F'd-up evaluations of principals.

Makes no difference to NYSED that they gave the guy's school their highest "rewards"...

...he's still in trouble over 8th Grade attendance!

Dear parents, how can you have any faith that our State Education Department will do your child any good at all?
But, then, what else have you got, except faith, that they will do your child some good; or at least not do too much harm?

To any Constitutional law buffs out there: what is this nonsense where a State Education Department has to apply to the Central (Federal) Government for a "waiver" in how NY State runs our schools?

Chris Wendt

[greda]

the constitution has nothing to do with it. NYS is asking for it so that it can qualify for money. If it doesn't want the money, then they wouldn't have to apply.

But with the state needing all the cash it can get its hands on, of course they will apply

Same nonsense when they implemented speed limit (lower to 55 if you want cash) and same thing with the drinking age. Federal government dangles the cash to get the changes it wishes since they can't dictate via a law

[Chris_Wendt]

Greda, this may be a cart-before-the-horse discussion, or, a version of the chicken-and-egg conundrum. I say that NYS already has the (RTT) money, has sold its State's Right under the U.S. Constitution to operate its schools (our schools) in the manner which our state determines.

Problem is, I don't think NY State has or had any (constitutional) right to sign-away (waive) OUR rights (as taxpayers, as parents and as students, as educators, and as voters) to self-determination concerning our (NY) schools.

Consider this wishful thinking on my part, but I truly look forward to a constitutional challenge to NCLB, RTT, and APPR for sure. I don't want to further muddy this conversation by throwing-in the Common Core, because I believe the jury is still out on the CC Curriculum; it is really the (NY version of the) CC Assessments that has most CC critics upset.

Remaining hopeful,

Chris Wendt