Will Teach 4 Food
Saddle up the reform ponies, reader. We’re headed to Tennessee—home to the Smokey Mountains, Dollywood, Graceland and a boldly innovative new way of payingteachers. If this bold new approach works, and studies already show that it has, Tennessee’s bold new approach will likely be coming to a state near you.The Cumberland Gap
The first innovation contained in Tennessee’s innovative approach to paying teachers is that teachers are paid very little from the very beginning of their careers through the long fallow period known as the Cumberland Gap-widening years. You see, Tennessee Commissioner of Education Kevin Huffman, better known asTNeduCommish, understands that unlike the majority of professions, experience in teaching adds little if any