Mulgrew's coverup: UFT boss trying to keep teacher performance data from the public

This NY Daily News editorial is spot on:

 

United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew will go to court today in an effort to hide from New Yorkers which of the city's teachers are superstars and which are turkeys.

 

Mulgrew is wrong. The courts must rebuff out of hand his attempt to hold back the tide of accountability that is sweeping public education.

 

The Daily News is among the media organizations that have invoked the Freedom of Information Law to compel the Education Department to release the measurements it has been keeping of the performance of 12,000 teachers in fourth- through eighth-grade classrooms.

 

There is little doubt the public is legally entitled to view the information, and there is no doubt it should be published in the service of public good.

 

Hey, Mom, hey, Dad, would you like to know how little Johnny's teacher stacks up in imparting achievement? Sure you would. Accessing that enlightenment is what's at stake here.

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Mulgrew's coverup: UFT boss trying to keep teacher performance data from the public

 

Thursday, October 21st 2010, 4:00 AM

 

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2010/10/21/2010-10-21_mulgrews_coverup.html#ixzz130AVgb2S