The Merit Pay Fairy Lands in Newark
Hey, doofus: my name ain't Sue!
The Merit Pay Fairy has landed in Newark:
The 4,700-member Newark Teachers Union approved the state’s first teacher contract that offers bonuses based on classroom performance.Only 37% of the members approved the contract. And please correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems as if many of
The three-year pact, which will award merit pay to teachers who earn ratings of "highly effective," was approved by a vote of 1767 to 1088 after a day in which educators lined up at union headquarters to cast ballots.
The contract would be the first in the state, and one of the first in the nation, to base teacher pay on classroom performance, including student progress.