Performance Pay
Understand more about basing salary bonuses or raises on performance rather than solely on tenure
Teaching Profession
Opinion
Chicago Reformation: Q&A with CPS CEO Jean-Claude Brizard (Part 2)
Teachers Unions: Friend or Foe?
Teaching Profession
'Value-Added' Formulas Strain Collaboration
The growing practice of incorporating student test scores into teacher evaluations can make or break budding union-district partnerships.
Teaching Profession
Letter to the Editor
Merit-Pay System Resembles Workings of Stock Market
To the Editor:
The merit-pay part of the Ohio collective bargaining law, if it had not been voted down last week, would have made the children in a teacher's class like numbers in the stock market ("Ohio Voters Reject Law Limiting Teachers' Collective Bargaining," Nov. 8, 2011). The similarity would be that a number score would determine whether you keep your job or get a raise, just like a stock going up or down. The students' future or attitude or interest toward education would become irrelevant.
The merit-pay part of the Ohio collective bargaining law, if it had not been voted down last week, would have made the children in a teacher's class like numbers in the stock market ("Ohio Voters Reject Law Limiting Teachers' Collective Bargaining," Nov. 8, 2011). The similarity would be that a number score would determine whether you keep your job or get a raise, just like a stock going up or down. The students' future or attitude or interest toward education would become irrelevant.
Teaching Profession
Opinion
Hooray for the Long Island Principals!
Their letter is historic. It's the first time that a large number of administrators have spoken out in opposition to bad ideas. It represents hundreds of educators who are willing to stick their necks out, hundreds of educators wiling to speak truth to power, hundreds of educators who put their name on a statement to the state's highest education officials, with this simple message: "Stop! What you are doing is wrong. What you are imposing on us is untested. We believe it will be harmful to our students."
Teaching Profession
News in Brief
Iowa Gov. Branstad Unveils Blueprint for Teacher Pay
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad is proposing dramatic changes to how teachers advance and are compensated for their work.
Teaching Profession
Some Efforts on Merit Pay Scaled Back
Financial woes and unsuccessful results lead some to cut programs, though other states and districts are moving forward.
Teaching Profession
News in Brief
Union Challenges New Fla. Law on Merit Pay, Tenure
Florida's largest teachers' union is suing to block a new state law that eliminates tenure for new hires and links educators' compensation to student achievement.
Teaching Profession
Some States, Districts Abandoning Performance Pay
Financial woes and unsuccessful results lead some to cut programs, though other states and districts are moving forward with plans.
School & District Management
News in Brief
Chicago Plans Principal Merit Pay
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is establishing a $5 million fund to provide merit pay to reward Chicago's top-performing public school principals.
Teaching Profession
Opinion
Ready or Not, Here We Reform
On August 11, I had the opportunity to meet with Chicago Public Schools' new CEO Jean-Claude Brizard on his listening tour. Brizard and Dr. Noemi Donoso, his Chief Education Officer, spent more than an hour discussing education reform with me and several classroom teachers selected for the two-year Teaching Policy Fellowship by Teach Plus. For years I had been talking about education reform in theory, but as Brizard continued to solicit our thoughts on upcoming initiatives, I sensed for the first time that change was actually coming to Chicago Public Schools.
School & District Management
Private Funders to Cover Principal Merit Pay Plan
Five philanthropists have already committed $5 million to Chicago's plan, and Mayor Rahm Emanuel says he plans to raise an additional $5 million.
Teaching Profession
Survey: Alternative Teacher Certification on the Rise
Four out of 10 new public school teachers hired since 2005 came through alternative teacher-preparation programs, according to a survey just released by the National Center for Education Information. That's up from 22 percent of new teachers hired between 2000 and 2004.
Teaching Profession
News in Brief
Largest Merit Pay Program Slashed in Budget
The nation's largest teacher merit-pay program fell victim to budget cuts this year, as Texas lawmakers slashed 90 percent of its funding.
Teaching Profession
Researchers: School-Level Incentives Unite the 'Tortoise and Hare'
School-level incentives for teachers are potentially more effective than individual incentives, according to a pair of researchers who spoke yesterday at an education-policy symposium in downtown Washington.
