NPR – Eyder Peralta
“Gates made a splash back in February when he came out against making Teacher Data Reports — or evaluations — public in New York City. Los Angeles Public Schools released similar data. This is a big deal, because his foundation has advocated for tougher accountability standards for teachers, something teachers unions haven’t fully embraced.”The goal is to help teachers be better,” Gates said. “And when we run personnel systems where we want to be frank with employees about where they need to improve, having [evaluations] publicly available is not conducive to openness and a free exchange of views.'”(more)