Hannah Emmanuele
“Our students, teachers and communities deserve better.” So say 1,535 New York principals and more than 6,500 teachers, parents, professors, administrators and citizens who signed an open letter to the NY Schools Chief expressing serious concerns with evaluating teachers by using student standardized test scores. The letter was co-written by principal Carol Burris and Principal’s Association President, Sean Feeney.
Read the entire letter by clicking and view all the signers here.
Our students, teachers and communities deserve better. They deserve thoughtful reforms that will improve teaching and learning for all students.
It is in this spirit that we write this letter, which sets forth our concerns and offers a path forward. We believe that it is our ethical obligation as principals to express our deep concerns about the recently implemented Annual Professional Performance Review (APPR) regulations. These regulations are seriously flawed, and our schools and students will bear the brunt of their poor design. Below we explain why we are opposed to APPR as it is presently structured.
