Democurmudgeon: Teacher Incentive Pay Doesn't Work. Unions and Teachers-"We Told You So."

Democurmudgeon: Teacher Incentive Pay Doesn't Work. Unions and Teachers-"We Told You So."

Teacher Incentive Pay Doesn't Work. Unions and Teachers-"We Told You So."

by Democurmudgeon

We've watched the clever cartoon evaluating incentive pay on YouTube and found performance improved for manual labor, and not creative or intellectual work.

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That left many wondering why the Bush and Obama administrations want to persue a system that included merit pay. Now, a new study drives a stake through the heart of the whole teacher incentive pay idea.

Education Week: The most rigorous study of performance-based teacher compensation ever