You know, if we cared about education half as much as we cared about the military, disgusting ideas such as these would never arise. South Carolina's new GOP school superintendent wants to pay our teachers "based on performance." And of course this is backed by our legislature and new governor, Nikki Hailey. Only one small problem with this. Correction, there are a million problems with this.
1) There are no completely legit ways of measuring teacher performance
2) Teachers grading teachers? Bad idea
3) No extra money for experience? Brilliant
4) No extra pay for advanced education? Genius
5) Parental involvement? Not addressed
And let's face it folks, our problem is primarily #5 there - not our teachers. Our President just praised teachers as builders of the future in his State of the Union, and now we want to implement something like this? Outrageous.
Please read the attached article, and I hope your blood boils as much as mine did.
New Plan to Overhaul Teacher Pay
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