Mayor Bloomberg Redesigns Merit Pay Program
"I've been reading the NYC Parents Blog lately," said the Mayor. "It turns out that test scores don't actually determine who is and is not a good teacher, and that none of this stuff is proven. Not only that, but merit pay has been kicking around for a hundred years, and it's never produced any results whatsoever. In fact our trial in NYC didn't work either, and I don't even know what made me want to do it again."
The Mayor went on to explain that he'd been getting most of his information from pro-"reform" sites, and was dismayed to learn that the commenters he'd relied upon for information were largely motivated by the prospect of gift cards for free footlongs from Subway.
"How the hell can you rely on people who write things so they won't have to pay for their sandwiches?" mused