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icarusxat

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4. Teacher evaluations in many states...

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Tue Dec 20, 2016, 11:45 PM

Dec 2016

require administrators to include at least one negative comment on a teacher evaluation. Is this really the way to improving teacher morale, performance or retention? Or, is this the road to eviscerating the profession and selling it off to the highest bidder? I smell A.L.E.C. influence in writing some of the legislation that has brought us this brand of for the rich by the rich material...

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Getting stuck in the negatives (and how to get unstuck) Alison Ledgerwood TEDxUCDavis [View all] yuiyoshida Dec 2016 OP

Thanks for posting Sherman A1 Dec 2016 #1

So there is upside bucolic_frolic Dec 2016 #2

Thanks for posting. I was familiar with "negativity bias" but didn't know about the resiliency JudyM Dec 2016 #3

Teacher evaluations in many states... icarusxat Dec 2016 #4