NYSED Commissioner King's Charter School Chain Does Not Have To Use APPR Teacher Evaluation System

Just outrageous:

State Education Commissioner John King is overhauling the state’s method of evaluating teachers, but the charter schools he used to run aren’t participating.

The high-performing Uncommon Schools — which include 20 schools in Brooklyn — have opted out of receiving federal Race to the Top funds, meaning they don’t have to follow the new state rules in teacher evaluations.

“Uncommon Schools have very extensive procedures for teacher evaluation and professional development; their principals are in classrooms every day, observing teachers, giving teachers feedback,” said King, defending the decision, though acknowledging there’s no way for city public schools to opt out.

“The evaluation systems are established between districts and their bargaining units. There are parameters that are set in state law,” he said.

Just as King himself opted out of dialogue with parents by canceling future town hall meetings while he has refused to let parents opt their kids out of his Common Core tests, King has refused to let city teachers opt out of the destructive state evaluation system for teachers even as he lets charter schools - even his old charter school chain, Uncommon Schools - opt out.

More hypocrisy from John King and the education deformers.

Accountability is only for traditional public schools and traditional public schools teachers, not for charter schools, charter school teachers or NYSED Commissioners.