Ravitch: Why merit pay for teachers doesn’t work
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This was written by education historian Diane Ravitch for her Bridging Differences blog, which she co-authors with Deborah Meier on the Education Week website. Ravitch and Meier exchange letters about what matters most in education. Ravitch, a research professor at New York University, is the author of the bestselling “The Death and Life of the Great American School System,” an important critique of the flaws in the modern school reform movement.
Dear Deborah,
Teacher merit pay is one of the hot “new” ideas of the moment. It has the wholehearted support of the Obama administration, which made it