Why Should You Take a Forestry Degree?
Forestry degrees are becoming increasingly popular and for a good reason! If you love spending time outdoors, this could be your perfect career. Forestry is a field that involves managing and protecting natural resources, such as forests and trees. There are many...
It’s no secret that our school buildings are crumbling, but what is the reason behind this difficulty in fixing them?
School buildings in the United States are in poor condition and require hundreds of billions of dollars in repairs. This is due to many factors, including the age of the buildings, inadequate funding, and deferred maintenance. The average age of public...
Students Scores on Test to Affect Their Teachers’ Assessment
Teachers in Michigan are now feeling the effect of the test scores of their students on their performance evaluations. Sue Rutherford in a statement said that the tests act as a snapshot of the who the teachers are and what they are teaching their...
The Senate is asked by the State to improve its educators training and evaluation proves by passing bipartisan bills
The current legislature session is dubbed as lame duck and so far, it is best known for giving lawmakers a way to improve their political stand as the election is about to happen soon….
Lame Duck session is cooking a new bill that aims to improve the performance of teacher through evaluation bills
The Republicans and the Democrats are working on their own plans and on their own principles about the new teacher performance evaluation bills. It is two years on the work now. The current session, dubbed as lame duck is currently on-going as part of the last...
When we say lame duck, we mean schools
With a few weeks left before the end of the year session ends, the Michigan is racing against the clock to pass its new bills. Among the issues that lawmakers are trying to find answers are budget as well as bills on improving the quality of education. A number...
Teachers approve bills that aim to provide fair evaluations according to Steve Cook
It was a wrong idea to think that teachers don’t want to get evaluated nor their performances be checked. Teachers say it is false. Educators are in fact pushing towards an evaluation process to be conducted by qualified individuals…
Teacher’s evaluation is put on hold after a unanimous vote by the MI House
A new bill was accepted by the MI house that puts the supposed to be teachers’ evaluation on hold. One reason why it was put on hold is because they are working on a way to use the student test scores to make 50% of the educators’ scores. The bill which was Bill 817...
A bill proposing an evaluation system for MI educators was approved by the House Committee
The House Committee agreed and approved the proposed evaluation system for teacher in MI. the evaluation system will be used across state – this is despite the possibility of losing $1bn in educational grants from the federal government.
Michigan’s teachers’ evaluation system is up for vote next week – should it be created or not
There are two laws to be updated and replaced as the lawmakers of MI plan to pass a new bill that aims to evaluate all teachers across the state. The voting for the new evaluation system is delayed for a week, The proposed evaluation will be discussed by the...