[Opinionated Blowhard]

According to teacher certification records provided by the Alabama Department of Education, Corgill has Class A and B certifications to teach primary school through third grade students. But Corgill also holds National Board Certification to teach children ages 7-12, an age group that would include most fifth graders. But . . . the national certification does not override or replace the state certification requirements.

Good lord. I didn't realize it was this complicated. Welcome to the world of the regulatory state.

[Nifster]

Gubmint schools

[goodnesswins]

How did her students do?

[chajin]

It is wrong to say she is not qualified. She is not in compliance. In a Platonist top-down society, quality is defined by compliance with the requirements, not by one’s inherent ability to accomplish a task. Imagine Hosmer being forced to resign from the Royals because he did not spend the required amount of time studying in AAA, and you get the idea.

[Tupelo]

Looks to me like she is qualified and THAT may be the problem in Birmingham.

[caveat emptor]

Maybe she's an uppity white.



Birmingham should be one of America's crown jewels, a city renowned the world over and a desired location for international tourism. White flight from Birmingham resulted in thriving suburbs Over The Mountain (OTM), while the increasingly black city partied like it was 1865, electing a string of ineffective black mayors (though it didn't matter the results they produced; the mayor was black... long live democracy!).

Recently rated the 7th most dangerous city in America (white people can create trendy bars and bistros, but they can't work miracles), the 74 percent black city of Birmingham is in the midst of a violent crime wave. A reminder that the AP article crowing about the resurrection of Birmingham was devoid of the critical component as to why it had to be brought back from the dead in the first place: it being one of America's blackest cities. [Seven violent deaths in the last eight days: Birmingham Police Chief A.C. Roper issues statement, Birmingham News, June 24, 2013]:

Birmingham Police Chief A.C. Roper today released a statement following a rash of homicides in recent days.

At least seven people have died violent deaths over the past eight days, five of them since Friday. Two people were killed today in separate incidents, two Saturday, one Friday, one Wednesday and one Sunday, June 16.....

[sharkhawk]

To be fair, what are the qualifications to be named “teacher of the year”. How is it decided? Students test scores? popularity. I know there was a teacher at the local high school who was Illinois “teacher of the year”. He was a history teacher who had Che and Mao posters in the classroom, and was an avowed communist.