Bad incentives in community college cut - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess Beware of unintended consequences of reforms promoted in haste. That was the word from chancellors and community college trustees at the Community College League of California’s Annual Legislative Conference in Sacramento. In strategy sessions before ...
Imagine teachers as free agents before adopting pay for performance - by Charles Taylor Kerchner U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and a raft of supporters in the foundation world fervently want to replace the tried-and-true teacher salary schedule with pay-for-performance schemes. They should be careful what they wish for. The idea seems ...