Education Law

Should it be easier to fire poorly performing principals and teachers?

An Associated Press-Stanford University poll released today found that 78 percent believe “it should be easier for school administrators to fire poorly performing teachers.” And 71 percent believe “it should be easier to fire principals at schools where students are performing poorly.”

Half believe that that teachers’ salaries “should be based on their students’ performance on statewide tests and on the evaluations they receive from local school officials.”

Yet, 57 percent believe teachers are currently underpaid.

> See the full polling results

Let us know what you think, should it be easier to fire poorly performing principals and teachers?

Full post as published by BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog on December 14, 2010 (boomark / email).