There’s a lot of talk out there to link individual teacher pay to test scores. While I’d be thrilled to get a pay raise (and in an earlier post, I shouted, ‘Bring it on!’), here’s why I don’t think this is a good idea.
First all the usual reasons: teachers will teach to the test and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Education Reform’
Teachers & Money
First DC, Now NY… Hello LA?
Last week Michelle Rhee created new proposals regarding teaching, tenure, and pay to shake up her moribund school district (latest Washington Post update here). NY teachers have also been getting on the newthink bandwagon led by Randi Weingarten who is both the president of the NY Local of the American Federation of Teachers and [...]
The Obama Girls Go To Washington
In the first place I can’t believe I’m writing about this. When hundreds of kids are dying of gunshot wounds in urban school districts like Los Angeles each year, when migrant workers’ children are unable to get educations, not to mention the 90+ million children around the world who who don’t even get to go [...]
