A plurality of 34 percent believe CTA should maintain its current level of effort on behalf of peer review. In focus groups, members also expressed an interest in peer assistance but concern about peer review. I'm into helping a new teacher, but I am not into evaluating them. I think that peer review would divide the teachers rather than bring the teachers together as a group. I would like to see people working together.
Teachers support extending the school year for staff development, provided they are compensated.
Teachers are notably less supportive of extending the school year if they are not assured of appropriate compensation. Just 15 percent believe extending the school year for either more teacher planning time or more classroom instruction would greatly increase learning. Both teachers and parents acknowledge that there are teachers who should not be in the profession. Just six percent of teachers and 12 percent of public school parents say there are more than a few teachers who should not be teaching. Thus, there is consensus that the number of bad teachers is small, although still a problem.