Merit Pay

Obama Repeats Call For Merit Pay In Front Of Powerful Teachers Union

The Hill | Jackie Kucinich | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics

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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Saturday thanked the National Education Association for its endorsement but also made it clear that ...

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Why So Few Male Teachers Today? Does it Matter?

Dan Brown | Posted 02.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Education, Urban Decay, Tamar Snyder, Bryan Nelson, Steve Peha, Teacher Recruitment, Teaching That Makes Sense, No Child Left Behind, Merit Pay, Teachers, Public Education, Reg Weaver, Nea, Menteach, Living News
Dan Brown

Should we offer incentives to males to balance out a female-dominated profession?

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New York City Teachers Agree to Performance Pay, And I Have a Problem With It

Dan Brown | Posted 12.20.2007 | Politics

Read More: Testing, Education, Public Education Reform, Michael Bloomberg, Merit Pay, Joel Klein, Standardized Testing, High-Stakes Testing, Teachers, New York City, Politics News
Dan Brown

The rules of this multiple-choice game are not transferable to the greater world. Such a depersonalized system should not rule education, a wholly human institution.

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Public School Teachers Endorse Hillary Clinton

Dan Brown | Posted 10.09.2007 | Politics

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Dan Brown

Hillary Clinton has received the backing of the 1.4 million-strong American Federation of Teachers, the biggest union endorsement so far for any presidential candidate.

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John Edwards: Education Visionary?

Dan Brown | Posted 09.24.2007 | Politics

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Dan Brown

Edwards' plan has refreshingly raised the level of the education discussion among presidential candidates. His plan indicates he "gets it."

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How Al Shanker Blew Up No Child Left Behind

Alexander Russo | Posted 09.19.2007 | Politics

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Alexander Russo

Former American Federation of Teachers president Al Shanker may well have planted land mines in the path of school reform efforts.

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The Problem with Merit Pay

Dave Riegel | Posted 08.31.2007 | Politics

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Dave Riegel

The strongest arguments against merit pay are philosophical. The real debate today should be about whether the schools created under they tyranny of NCLB are the kinds of schools we want to have.

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