Disturbing (But, Alas, Predictable) Policy Outcomes for Teachers and Doctors’ Pay-4-Performance | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

Disturbing (But, Alas, Predictable) Policy Outcomes for Teachers and Doctors’ Pay-4-Performance | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

Disturbing (But, Alas, Predictable) Policy Outcomes for Teachers and Doctors’ Pay-4-Performance

by larrycuban

Counting up the many differences between doctors and teachers make comparisons about pay-for-performance policies unlikely. Here’s a few:

*Doctors go to school four years to secure an M.D. and then another two to six years (of which most are clinical practice) to garner a specialty; most teachers spend two years, maybe three (of which six months to a year are in supervised classroom practice) to earn a bachelors and then a master’s degree in education; those who receive alternative certification