Pay for Performance

The 1% Strike Back

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Inequality, Pay for Performance, CEO Pay, Worker Rights, Worker Empowerment, Wealth Inequality, Executive Pay, Recession, Occupy Movement, Business News

The Great Recession exposed deep systemic weaknesses in our economy. The test is not whether we can reflate another bubble, but whether we can build a new foundation for sustained growth and shared prosperity.

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Goldman Director Takes Surprising Stand

HuffingtonPost.com | D.M. Levine | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Banker Pay, Wall Street, Pay for Performance, Banks, Financial Crisis, Wall Street Bonuses, Business News

While many Wall Streeters are crying poor -- "people who don't have money don't understand the stress," an accounting firm partner tells Bloomberg -- ...

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Common Sense and Jeb Bush's 'Seismic Path' to Teacher Merit Pay

Julie Woestehoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pay for Performance, Jeb Bush, Teacher Merit Pay, Standardized Testing, Education News

He calls test-based teacher performance pay "common sense." The difference is that for me and the parents I work with, "common sense" can't contradict knowledge.

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Is Money The Only Thing Doctors Care About?

TIME Healthland | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care, Personal Health, Pay for Performance, Doctors Money, Home News

Many health policy experts, including those who wrote the Affordable Care Act, believe there's only one thing that can get doctors to change their beh...

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The Appointment of Cathleen Black and the Trouble with Corporate Schooling

Gary Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: School Reform, Corporate Education, David Steiner, Cathleen Black, New York City, Michael Bloomberg, Pay for Performance, David Whitman, Charter Schools, Charles Payne, Fordham Institute, High-Stakes Testing, John Dewey, Lisa Delpit, W. Edwards Deming, Education News

The corporate community and most venture philanthropists, persist in thinking schools should be run like businesses. This time around though, instead of the factory model school, they have bequeathed us the latest business fads.

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On the Divide Between Opinions and Reality Regarding Pay-For-Performance Compensation

Jodi Beggs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Incentives, Compensation, Economics, Pay for Performance, Behavioral Economics, Business News

If an employee doesn't have a lot of direct control over company profitability, asking for compensation in the form of stock, stock options, profit-sharing bonuses, etc., is a bit like buying a lottery ticket.

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Is It Really All About the Benjamins?

Sam Chaltain | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Daniel Pink, Test Scores, Education, Arne Duncan, Pay for Performance, Teachers Union, Education Reform, Teachers, Politics News

The best learning environment for kids is an environment where highly-qualified adults work collaboratively. We need to incentivize cooperation, not competition, among our educators.

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Sundance's First Major Deal Is ... An Education Movie?

Dan Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Paramount-Vantage, Charter Schools, Pay for Performance, No Child Left Behind, Merit Pay, Davis Guggenheim, Teachers Union, Teachers, Education Reform, Nclb, Paramount, Media News

Expect to see real American classrooms on the silver screen this fall. This could be a beautiful thing.

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Why Not Merit-Based Pay For Lawmakers?

The Stimulist | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pay for Performance, Congress, Lawmakers, Merit-Based Pay, Teacher Advancement Program, Politics News

Pay-for-performance has come up a lot in the halls of Congress lately. The Pay for Performance Act, approved by the House in April, prohibits the paym...

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Stop Pay-For-Performance! Start Pay-For-Outcome.

Deane Waldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Healthcare System, Incentives, Evidence Based Decision Making, Medical Negligence, Medical Errors, Healthcare, Root Cause Analysis, Healthcare Regulations, Obama Healthcare, Hipaa, Pay for Performance, ARRA 2009, Adverse Medical Outcomes, Medical Costs, Systems Thinking, Problem Solving, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, British NHS, Health Information Technology, N.I.C.E., Electronic Medical Records, Politics News

The Obama Administration is considering implementing the pay-for-performance approach initiated by the British National Health Service (NHS). But that system has flaws.

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House Backs New Pay Curbs At Bailed-Out Banks

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aig Bonuses, Pay for Performance Act of 2009, Claw Back Bonuses, Pay for Performance, Bonus Outrage, Home News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved legislation to curb "excessive" employee pay at financial firms that re...

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