Charleston, South Carolina: The Collapse of a Federally-Funded Teacher Incentive Plan
When I was writing The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education (2010), I researched the...
Category : Merit pay
Alexander and Blunt: Government Needs a “Shark Tank” Competition to Produce More Virus Tests
Lamar Alexander and Roy Blunt are senior Republican Senators who chair important committees. In this article, they propose a “shark tank” competition for government agencies,...
Florida: Teachers Reject Governor DeSantis’ Bonus Plan
The Florida Education Association rejected Governor Ron DeSantis’ bonus plan. Bonus plans have a long history of failure. Nov. 14, 2019 CONTACT: Joni...
Jersey Jazzman: Clapping for the Dead Merit Pay Fairy
Jersey Jazzman continues to write about the ignominious failure of the highly hyped merit pay fairy in Newark. He takes this development as a sign...
Jersey Jazzman: The Death of the Merit Pay Fairy in Newark
Jersey Jazzman has posted an obituary for the Merit Pay Fairy. He says it died in Newark, when teachers negotiated a new contract, deep-sixing a...
Newark Wipes Out Performance Pay for Teachers
When then Governor Christie and then Mayor Cory Booker persuaded billionaire Mark Zuckerberg to give $100 million to impose corporate reform on Newark, performance pay...
Kentucky: The State’s Attacks on Its Teachers Are Outrageous!
Clifford Wallace and Leigh Wallace, a father-daughter team of professional educators, lambaste state officials for their relentless attacks on the state’s public school teachers. ...
Florida: Teachers Want a Salary Increase, Not Bonuses
The Florida Legislature is getting set to modify its “best and brightest” teacher bonus, which gave incentives to students who had high SAT/ACT scores...
Florida: Heads Up, Some Bad Legislation is on the Front Burner
Betsy DeVos touts Florida as a national model even though it spends less per pupil than most states and pays its teachers less. It...
Andrea Gabor: Why Bonuses and Merit Pay Fail
One of the reasons for the Denver teachers’ strike is opposition to ProComp, the city’s merit pay plan. i researched merit pay for teachers,...