[EinNYC]

The Danielson evaluation system with its 22 points of "gotcha" is very very NOT wanted by teachers. All I have to do is see their weary, exhausted heads bowed over a computer, gradebook, lesson plan, watch them shake their heads, etc. Or give them a shoutout: "Hey, everybody--who wants Danielson?" I would be "rewarded" with lots of dirty looks for my trouble, you can bet. It is the politicians who constantly push for these things, plus longer school days and years.

[kingu]

It is the politicians who constantly push for these things, plus longer school days and years.

I must have missed those campaign speeches... 'If elected, I promise to make teachers who aren't under my control adhere to a learning tracking system which was developed by a teacher union funded think tank, and then, again, something not under my control, I'll expand the school day!'

Yeah, pretty sure it is a self inflicted wound, by teachers continuing to support the unions that are their own undoing. After all, if the work day is expanded, so must too the salaries, benefits, and most of all: union contributions.