Letters March 31 2012

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31st March, 2012
TEACHER PERFORMANCE The attacks on our education system and our teachers are increasing, with Treasury head Gabriel Makhlouf joining the fray (“Change manager”, March 24). According to him, maintaining our top-five ranking in most international assessments isn’t good enough and our struggling tail of underachievers is largely the result of underperforming teachers. Using raw data to measure teacher performance is his answer to improving practice. The fact that 30% of students leave ...

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