Mark Pudlow
Mark Pudlow
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I think a lot of what he is proposing is intended to put a happy face on the situation without addressing the real problem.
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The state Supreme Court has ruled that vouchers don't fly. This federal rule is just a way around state law, and we would definitely be opposed to it.
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Teachers have no way of knowing what to do to get this bonus. Two teachers could do the exact same thing in the classroom and any number of factors could result in one being in the top 10 percent and the other in the bottom 10 percent.
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As it is, the children in Florida are tested within an inch of their lives, and I don't think they need any more tests.
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It doesn't look neutral to us. If we're not understanding this and we've been dealing with this for months, how's a teacher going to understand it?
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With all teachers suffering because of low pay in a state with high growth in the cost of living, particularly in housing, (Winn's plan) is like putting a big screen TV in your living room and not fixing the hole in your roof.
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We're competing in a market where teachers can get better salaries by going elsewhere.
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We kind of wished he had done a little more in a great financial year to help teachers' salaries and low-performing schools.
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We thought that it was interesting that the governor enumerated dozens of programs that he was here marketing money for and nowhere in there was there anything for salaries.
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That's the biggest problem with the McKay Scholarship program. There's no accountability at all. The state really needs to address this problem.
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The best solution is to raise salaries. Communities with teachers in low-cost housing isn't an answer.
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Until we get the base pay for all teachers up, we are going to have these recruiting and retention problems. It's like putting a fancy porch on your house when your floor is sagging.
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This kind of commitment is what was needed from the start. It's great that they've finally realized that they have a responsibility in the class-size amendment to fund construction.
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This administration has taken the FCAT as a sole determinant. And now it will determine whether a teacher is doing a good job and we think there is so much more to it. There are so many things a teacher does in the classroom such as, classroom management, understanding his or her students and finding ways to reach the students. This provides a narrow approach to determine an outstanding teacher.