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Teacher Performance Pay

Mississippi Budget Pushes For Literacy, Merit Pay Over Pre-K

| Jackie Mader | Posted 01.16.2013 | Home
Read More: Teacher Performance Pay, Performance Pay, Mississippi Schools, Mississippi Education Funding, Teacher Pay, Teacher Salary, Phil Bryant, Education Funding, Mississippi Budget, Merit Pay, Teacher Merit Pay, Pre-Kindergarten, Pre-K, Teachers, Mississippi Building Blocks, School Budgets, Video, Home News

This piece comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report's HechingerEd blog. Mississippi will probably not fund or create public pre-kindergarten op...

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Why Teacher Performance Pay Won't Work

Cristina Lara | Posted 01.07.2013 | College
Read More: Public Schools, Scholarships, College Preparation, Congress, Education, Teacher Performance Pay, Minority Students, 112th Congress, Public Education, Low-Income Students, College News
Cristina Lara

If our congressmen and congresswomen can subject themselves to performance-based pay, then I believe we can have a more meaningful dialogue about teacher performance pay.

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Teaching From the Heart

Kevin P. Chavous | Posted 07.08.2012 | Home
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Kevin P. Chavous

During this Teacher Appreciation Week and every week, let us honor those teachers who, like Ms. Shelton, make education fun and inspire their students. After all, the best teachers teach from the heart.

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Will Performance Pay For CPS Principals Improve Student Achievement?

Posted 01.10.2012 | Chicago
Read More: Karen Lewis, Chicago Public Schools, Teacher Performance Pay, Julie Woestehoff, Rahm Emanuel, Cps Principal Performance Pay, Chicago Merit Pay, Chicago Education, Chicago Schools, CPS Principals, Cps, Principal Performance Pay, Education Reform, Chicago Teachers Union, Clarice Berry, Chicago News

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday unveiled details of his newly proposed merit pay program for Chicago Public Schools principals. The program will of...

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Merit Pay Loses Luster As Budgets Shrink

Education Week | Nora Fleming | Posted 11.16.2011 | Home
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Two competing pressures--decreased finances and rising policy interest--have left the future of performance-based teacher compensation uncertain. A...

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37 Chances to Reform U.S. Education

Jeanne Allen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: School Choice, Education Reform, Teacher Performance Pay, Charter Schools, Gubernatorial Elections, Home News
Jeanne Allen

More importantly, though less often realized, the winners of 37 races for governor this year will determine the educational future of millions of students in their states.

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New Haven's Teacher Contract a Model? Not So Fast

Thomas W. Carroll | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Michelle Rhee, Houston, American Federation of Teachers, Arne Duncan, Teacher Performance Pay, Randi Weingarten, New York State, Charter Schools, Connecticut, u.s. Department of Education, Denver, School Reform, Education Reform, New York News
Thomas W. Carroll

The contract's approach to charter schools mandates unionization, guarantees no layoffs, preserves grievance procedures, and keeps in place staff transfer rights. Reform with a union twist, one might say.

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