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Ringside Seat: Skandera critic once took her side on evals (SF New Mex)

Ringside Seat: Skandera critic once took her side on evals

Posted: Sunday, October 5, 2014 7:00 pm | Updated: 8:19 am, Mon Oct 6, 2014. 

In his battle with the truth, teachers union executive Charles Bowyer tells quite a story about the battle he’s fighting.

Bowyer, executive director of the National Education Association New Mexico, describes himself as an opponent of the bureaucratic woman who imposed the controversial system for evaluating the state’s teachers.

That would be Hanna Skandera, secretary-designate of the Public Education Department. In reality, Bowyer, more than anyone else, helped Skandera establish teacher evaluations tied to student scores on standardized tests.

Read more here: http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/blogs/politics_and_news/ringside-seat-skandera-critic-once-took-her-side-on-evals/article_99aa39c7-8ce1-5026-a691-22286e72be95.html