Chicago Teachers Strike

[Nemo]

What do you think about the Chicago public school teachers' strike? What broader issues does this strike highlight?

A few of my views:
1) It would be okay with me if teachers were evaluated more thoroughly.
2) It would be okay with me if it was easier for administrators to fire teachers.
3) Using test scores to evaluate teachers has all sorts of problems, so it should be only one component of an evaluation system. Overall, evaluating teachers is quite a tricky thing to do fairly.
4) If we go in the direction of more evaluation and performance based pay, administrators should also be evaluated thoroughly and fairly, and they should also be dismissed if they do a poor job.

Please be civil. Mean spirited, snarky comments will not cause people to agree with your point of view.