I guess that'll help high schools from looking disproportionately bad compared to elementary and middle schools.
I skimmed though the waiver request, but I can't really get into it. Everything I care about has already been destroyed, and I also can't imagine that whatever they come up with won't primarily target Providence schools every year anyhow. It isn't like there is some other 5% of RI schools that they should be turning around.
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I wonder the extent to which RIDE will be constrained by, you know, state law. A lot of waiver "mandates" are bargainable according to the state bargaining statute.
It reminds me of the absurd attempt of criterion-based hiring in PPSD.
2009, Gist's letter to Superintendents: "Seniority cannot not the sole criterion in hiring decisions."
2010, RIDE Race to the Top App: "We have abolished criterion-based hiring."
2011, PTU-PPSD CBH document: "The five most senior candidates must be considered for any CBH position."
2011, Rhode Island Superior Court: Portsmouth School Committee vs. Portsmouth NEA: "In the opinion of the Court, there exists a substantial gray area between the black of educational policy, and the white of bargainable employment issues."
So: expect both a) hilariously poor implementation of new waiver initiatives and b) increasingly contentious labor-management relationships going forward.
My money's on the Educator Evaluation System falling flat. Not enough labor buy-in + top heavy scent + too much paperwork + unclear what SLOs even are + overworked principals = an expensive failure.
This is mostly constrained by the feds, really. There is a very narrow range of things you can propose in these waivers.
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