Opinion: Teachers unions should applaud merit pay initiatives
Why are teachers unions afraid or performance evaluations and merit based pay? None of the arguments offered in opposition commercial and literature holds water and many of the…
teacher incentives
Incentives for advanced work let pupils and teachers cash in
Joe Nystrom, who teaches math at a low-income high school here, used to think that only a tiny group of students—the “smart kids”—were capable of advanced coursework, reports…
Opinion: To improve U.S. education, it’s time to treat teachers as professionals
“What are the right incentives to have in place for teachers?” The very question itself is jarring, says Howard Gardner, Harvard Graduate School of Education professor for the…