Tell me about Charlotte Danielson, please.

[Warpy]

26. School administrators and the b-school grads who administer the budget adore her

because she's attempted to take education and fit every bit of it into a little, tidy box, not allowing for changes in the student population year to year, change in the economy (which affects women and kids more than it does men), number of special needs kids being mainstreamed in the classroom or dozens of other variables teachers have to deal with among their students.

Every teacher evaluated by this framework seems to go from superior to substandard in a heartbeat. The "experts" that are supposed to evaluate the teachers spend far too little time in the classroom and far too much time in the teacher's lounge looking at their paperwork.

This, like other ivory tower scams, will eventually be scrapped. In its wake will be thousands of demoralized teachers and ill served students.

(No, I'm not a teacher, but many friends are)