Governors Association Examines Teacher Merit Pay
Governors Association Examines Teacher Merit Pay
January 9, 2012 RSS Feed PrintMany pro-reform education experts, including U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, will tell you that one of the most important factors in a child's education is the quality of the teacher—and the way to retain the best teachers is to pay them more. But states and teachers unions nationwide are having trouble agreeing on how their salaries should be determined.
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Teachers unions are opposed to many reformers' wishes to abolish tenure and to award bonuses based on students' achievement. A 2008 survey of members of the American Federation of Teachers found that awarding bonuses to