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Education
Lessons From DISD’s New Merit Pay System: Bad Teachers Go Bye-Bye
Great teachers are finally making as much money as bad teachers
DISD Administration
Board Briefing Recap: TEI Improvements, Testing Young Kids, and Nutall Hates TFA
Also: Clearly we test young kids too much slash not enough
Policy
TEI’s Achilles’ heel? Why Teachers Feel SOL on SLOs.
A look at why teachers are so annoyed at one component of TEI
DISD Administration
Suggestions for Home Rule Commission No. 3: Impeachment
What do you do when school board trustees go rogue?
Teacher Excellence Initiative
View From the Other Side: I’m Not Anti-Reform, I’m Anti-Miles
An anonymous but well-reasoned objection to my TEI posts
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Teacher Excellence Initiative
One Area of TEI That Could Be Most Helpful: Professional Development
Miles hopes teachers are able to get substantive feedback from TEI that helps their development
Teacher Excellence Initiative
The Most Important Reform Right Now in DISD Isn’t Home Rule, It’s TEI
In fact, it's "the biggest reform DISD has seen in 20 years."