Parents show a level of trust when they hand over children to a public school teacher.
Reputations of teachers are thus born. New reform wave focuses on teacher quality But as a school reform movement hits full throttle, the practice of simple labels for teachers is no longer good enough, nor are the professional judgments of school principals. Reputations of teachers must now be earned and measured - in public. But holding teachers accountable for how they improve the test scores and academic skills of students is a path strewn with peril for education. For one, converting the art of teaching into a competition for individual bonuses has been shown to erode cooperation.