Thursday, July 11, 2013

"a form of vital relief"

Unfunded mandates that drive implementation costs for school districts are finally getting some attention.

Addressing many of the mandates, Ludlow Public Schools Superintendent Todd Gaza said at the hearing, "The new teacher evaluation regulations, bullying legislation, implementation of the Common Core … all require professional development for our teachers in order to meet their requirements. This leaves little time for other professional activities." 
Daniel Gutekanst testified that the grind to put in place all of the mandates actually steals time away from improving classroom learning. 
"The pace of change and reform is grueling and unrelenting," Gutekanst said. "Teachers, school staff and principals are increasingly required to address and attend to mandates and initiatives that leave them little time to personalize learning experiences for children in their charge."

Read more: http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x946750480/Roy-co-sponsors-bill-on-unfunded-mandates-for-school-districts#ixzz2YjMbbND6


Related posts:

Jun 16 - summary of impacts that unfunded mandates will have for the coming school year
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2013/06/in-news-unfunded-mandates-structurally.html

The first article in MDN (Jun 29) about the hearing on this bill
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2013/06/reduce-mountainous-regulatory.html

Rep Jeff Roy's newsletter describing his co-sponsorship of the legislation (Jul 7)
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2013/07/rep-roy-july-newsletter-whats-happening.html


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