Diane Ravitch on "Frozen Assets" by Marguerite Roza
She was also asked to comment by Bill Tucker of Ed Sector on a 2007 report, “Frozen Assets”, written by Marguerite Roza, who is now at the Gates Foundation. The subtitle is “Rethinking Teacher Contracts could Free Billions for School Reform.” In Roza’s view, wasteful spending mandated by teacher contracts includes class size limits, pension and health benefits, sick days, and seniority raises – which instead should be used for other purposes like merit pay. In response, Diane succinctly tweeted one word: “unbelievable”.