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Score This! Does Klein recall the final exam of his high school senior English course [Feb. 8]? If he believes standardized testing is such an effective indicator of teaching success, did he succeed in his chosen profession because of that exam or despite it? Is that what he remembers most clearly about the greatest teachers he had? Or was it something else? Mark Cebulski, MILWAUKEE...
...Score This! Does Klein recall the final exam of his high school senior English course [Feb. 8]? If he believes standardized testing is such an effective indicator of teaching success, did he succeed in his chosen profession because of that exam or despite it? Is that what he remembers most clearly about the greatest teachers he had? Or was it something else? Mark Cebulski Milwaukee...
...Klein, in "Into the Lion's Den," is correct that the Republicans' need to demonize Obama trumps the party's ideological beliefs [Feb. 15]. What happened to jumping over the net and congratulating the guy who beat you? Through obstruction, obfuscation and outright lying about Obama--death panels, indeed--they make it clear that the only GOP agenda is to bring Obama down. If this President fails, we all fail...
...Kerry and Clinton President Barack Obama learned his lesson on Kashmir early. When he suggested in an October 2008 interview with TIME's Joe Klein while still running for office that the U.S. might appoint a special envoy to Kashmir, the outrage from India came thick and fast. India has no interest in getting a third country involved in what it believes is purely a bilateral issue. Don't look for Obama to utter "Kashmir" again anytime soon. Still, the U.S. is believed to be a key player behind the scenes in pushing for the talks, and New Delhi will...
Rather than contending the dichotomy between seniority and teacher effectiveness, however, Klein and others should advocate a different approach to education policy that is based on keeping as many teachers as possible in the classroom. Public school teachers are essential to improving American education, meeting the needs of all students, and providing a crucial long-term investment in the continuing competitiveness, creativity, and competence of the country as a whole...