Continuing this week, students across Tennessee are completing the TRIPOD survey as a part of Education Commissioner Kevin Huffman's new teacher evaluation plan. Students rate their teachers and share their opinion on how well the teacher teaches.
Yes, 5-year-old children and, perpetually angst-ridden teenagers can determine whether a teacher has a job. However, when 63 vetted professionals sent Gov. Bill Haslam a letter expressing their opinion of Huffman, they were told in no uncertain terms to "back off." Their opinions were not valued. Is it any wonder that educators in the classroom have a hard time getting behind Haslam and Huffman?