But What Is Their Value-Added Measurement?

From the Washington Post:

Seven children’s bodies were taken from the obliterated Plaza Towers Elementary School on Monday, said Oklahoma City police Sgt. Jennifer Wardlow. Officials believe more young victims are trapped, and dead, in the rubble. “Unfortunately I think that number’s going to grow,” Wardlow said.

Some youngsters were pulled from the debris, wet and dirty but alive. In television interviews, a few said teachers used their bodies to shield students from airborne debris. Dozens of rescuers in hard hats continued to pick through the wreckage. In all, Oklahoma Highway Patrol spokeswoman Betsy Randolph told CNN, 101 people had been pulled alive from collapsed buildings by early Tuesday.

Again and again, we see teachers doing everything they can to save their students from harm during these horrific events - from the Newtown shooting to the Oklahoma tornado.

Joel Klein and Michael Bloomberg and Michelle Rhee and so many other education reformers like to say that teachers are only out for themselves, that they don't care about their students, that they only care about their pensions and their tenure.

Again and again, as we see teachers use their bodies to shield their students from harm in events from Newtown to Okahoma City, we see that what Klein and Bloomberg and Rhee and so many other education reformers say about teachers are lies.