NY tries ‘teacher-merit’ pay
October 19, 2007 by warrick
In a chilling parallel with the decline of western civilization in Australian political life!, the NY Times reports that NY have announced a program for teacher ‘merit’ pay, providing compensation based solely on ’student performance and not on seniority’.
In the private sector, cash incentives are proven motivators for improving results,” said Mr. Bloomberg, who built a multibillion-dollar business, Bloomberg L.P., before he was elected in 2001.
“I am a capitalist and I am in favor of incentives for individual people, yes,” Mr. Bloomberg said at a City Hall news conference that started around 3:30 p.m. “But it depends on the situation and the organization and what the function is. In some cases it’s very easy to measure whether you do a better job than the person sitting to your left or right. In the schools it is a much more collaborative effort.”
Read the whole confusing tale HERE
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