Federal standards doomed, association president says
Doug Carroll
The Arizona Republic
Sept. 13, 2007 11:53 AM
Teachers from three Gilbert Unified School District high schools that failed to make “adequate yearly progress” in 2006-07 say federal standards are more about accounting than accountability.
“The way the rules are set up, it’s designed for failure,” said Mike Weaver, president of the Gilbert Education Association and a vocational education teacher at Gilbert High.
“This is bean counting. It’s not accountability. We take our responsibility seriously as teachers, and we want the support to fulfill that.”
