Education

Should teachers lose their jobs if their classes perform poorly repeatedly?

For

Accountability motivates higher performance.

Against

Teaching depends on many factors beyond one person’s control.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • the teacher should be expected to get most students to meet the standard.
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • Have the freedom to fire teachers who did not reach an adequate score.
    RedditTranslated from Spanish

Against

  • Teachers are an important factor in student success within a school. But other factors beyond a teacher's control play a more important role overall
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • Test scores are a stupid way to measure teachers.
    RedditOriginal language: English
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