The Influence of Teachers: Reflections on Teaching and Leadership
By: John Merrow
Book Review by: James Brauer
“The Widget Effect” found that 15,000
teachers evaluated were
basically OUTSTANDING (Merrow, 2011,
p. 48).
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“81% of administrators and
58% of teachers acknowledged their schools
employed tenured teachers who
weren’t performing adequately”
(Merrow, 2011, p. 48).
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“Dal Lawrence says, ‘As long as you allow the old system with the
boss or the foreman mentality,
the teachers will step back and say,
‘Well, I’m not really responsible here’” (Merrow,
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“The old command-and-control top down
system got us to where we are,” Del Lawrence said, “And it’s not going to get
out of it. It’s going to make the conditions just exactly like they were yesterday, and
tomorrow they’re going to get worse” (Merrow, 2011, p.
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“Test data invites oversimplification because it ignores
the fact that students bring
value (and baggage) to
school, just as good teachers add
value” (Merrow, 2011, p. 63).
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“If unions are telling us that
there’s NO connection
between teaching and learning, why support teachers,
or public education for that matter” (Merrow,
2011, p. 64)?
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“Teachers shouldn’t have a problem with student performance scores being part of
the evaluation equation, as long as
the results allow them to examine and improve their
own skills” (Merrow, 2011, p. 71).
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