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Baltimore revamps teachers’ pay — Joanne Jacobs

Baltimore revamps teachers’ pay — Joanne Jacobs

Baltimore revamps teachers’ pay

Baltimore teachers will gain higher salaries and input on working conditions in exchange for abandoning the old pay system, reports the Baltimore Sun. Effective teachers could earn up to $100,000.

The new contract, being hailed as the most progressive in the nation, would in part link teachers’ pay to their students’ performance. The structure does away with the old model of “step