[etni] Re: Fw: Long Reviled, Merit Pay Gains Among Teachers

Here's something related.

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/education-and-state/education-and-social-issues/4727.html
It is a humorous essay that explains the opposition by teachers to the merit
pay system based on test scores.  And it would be an absolute disaster here
in Israel, because of the P word and also because our country is much to
small for this to work.
Michele



On 6/19/07, Ask Etni <ask@xxxxxxxx> wrote:


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Subject: Long Reviled, Merit Pay Gains Among Teachers

This makes for interesting reading. Would it work here in Israel, I
wonder?
Enjoy life, Patricia

Long Reviled, Merit Pay Gains Among Teachers
New York Times - June 18, 2007

For years, the unionized teaching profession opposed few ideas more
vehemently than merit pay, but those objections appear to be eroding as
school districts in dozens of states experiment with plans that compensate
teachers partly based on classroom performance.

(To read the whole article, go to -
http://www.etni.org/news/merit_pay.htm  )


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