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To: American Spirit who wrote (255846)	10/18/2005 5:28:38 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572507

Principals should be able to remove poor teachers. For instance, if a teacher is a screw-up, fondles students, goes wacko, fails to show up, gets too lazy, etc. Sure, remove them. But standardized tests to test teachers doesn't work. The teacher then focuses on teaching to the test to save his job. And students get a narrow education. You could have both. A principal should remove a teacher with the qualities you describe, and the system should automatically remove teachers who fail to teach basic levels of grammar and math. As for your objection to tests, I don't know how to tell whether the kids have learned basic grammar and math without a test, do you? And I think "teaching to the test" is a good thing as long as the teachers don't know the exact questions. What is the difference between "teaching to the test" and teaching basic grammar and math?