According to the NYTimes, Obama’s been reading the same NYer article I wrote about last week:
President Obama recently summoned aides to the Oval Office to discuss a magazine article investigating why the border town of McAllen, Tex., was the country’s most expensive place for health care. The article became required reading in the White House, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘merit pay’
Health Care & Education, Part 2
Teachers & Money
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 [...]
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 [...]
