Dear Editor,
Ever take a freeway drive and have to slow down because one lane
is coned off? Yet, as you approach the area, you find no work is
being done.
Dear Editor,
Ever take a freeway drive and have to slow down because one lane is coned off? Yet, as you approach the area, you find no work is being done.
The teachers’ union (which may next have to defend why some of their puppets recently abdicated responsibility to go mute for a day) is placing those cones, obstructing reform any way possible. And their field supervisor is local hack Dale Morejon (Local 1921).
Various cone-setters, such as Mr. Wayne Scott and Ms. Michelle Nelson, wrote baseless arguments and false accusations, but none can place that cone quite as well as Mr. Morejon, who (April 15) says that I would “attribute merit pay rewards to those teachers who can be weeded out by (my) … system.” Does your union reward those who would be weeded out, Mr. Morejon?
Several articles were written on merit pay for teachers. The typical argument against this is that it cannot possibly be fair because there is no way to objectively evaluate differences. I wrote in saying this is possible, briefly describing a mathematical method that is used to reveal significant differences. My entire premise was that objective, numerically based evaluation is possible, and that is because I have seen it done (for evaluations, not for merit pay). Differences in results could mean different annual pay increases, like in the real world, but that is entirely beside the point.
First, they yelled, “Not fair. Can’t be done.” Not it’s just back to the Morejon Mantra: “More money!”
Alan Viarengo, Gilroy
