Via Gene Healy, here's a cool site (that not all teachers think is cool, especially the bad ones), RateMyTeachers.com, where students can log on and provide ratings and comments on their teachers.

I think this is an excellent idea, and while some students may log on and vent, and there may be some abuse of it, on the whole it seems to work just fine.

Here's the page for my old high school. There are only four ratings, but they're all generally positive.

I only had one of these teachers, Mr. Stedman, an excellent biology teacher, and probably the best science instructor I ever had. I took him for Biology I my freshman year and Biology II my senior year. Tough, but excellent. And he and the other teachers seem to have gotten a fair shake on the website.

Anyway, I'm sure most of you will be heading over to check out your own high schools' teacher ratings...have fun. :)