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ClarkUSA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-13-09 08:02 AM
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8. Merit pay will not be based on testing. Pres.Obama has made that clear.
Edited on Fri Mar-13-09 08:03 AM by ClarkUSA
He's said it all along during the campaign and he said it during his speech announcing his education initiative this week.
Read about his plan at whitehouse.gov before you snark.
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  -Teachers who teach in 'poverty areas' should be given the most pay Rosa Luxemburg  Mar-13-09 12:06 AM   #0 
  - September 2008.....  FrenchieCat   Mar-13-09 12:09 AM   #1 
  - Most Pay? I don't know!  Leo The Cleo   Mar-14-09 09:21 AM   #15 
  - I absolutely agree! nt  Sarah Ibarruri   Mar-13-09 01:38 AM   #2 
  - But they do more poorly on standardized tests.  Hanse   Mar-13-09 01:48 AM   #3 
  - Merit pay will not be based on testing. Pres.Obama has made that clear.  ClarkUSA   Mar-13-09 08:02 AM   #8 
     - I have read his plan as well as every other merit pay plan I can find  proud2BlibKansan   Mar-14-09 09:40 AM   #17 
  - agreed , they have far more challenges to overcome  proud patriot   Mar-13-09 01:54 AM   #4 
  - Indeed. The more attractive the school district, the less the pay.  TexasObserver   Mar-13-09 04:48 AM   #5 
  - Coming from what source? Do you know U.S. public-school funding is from LOCAL property taxes?  WinkyDink   Mar-13-09 07:51 AM   #6 
  - That depends on the state  karynnj   Mar-13-09 08:03 AM   #9 
     - Heh; I should've known that one, living about 10 miles from Jersey. But my larger point is :  WinkyDink   Mar-14-09 06:35 PM   #23 
  - You do realize that the teachers in posh areas will then  karynnj   Mar-13-09 08:00 AM   #7 
  - I think the best teachers should receive the most pay.  olkaz   Mar-13-09 08:29 AM   #10 
  - The challenge is in determining  DesertRat   Mar-14-09 06:28 PM   #22 
  - As soon as we change the entire process for funding education, that can happen.  Nicholas D Wolfwood   Mar-13-09 08:31 AM   #11 
  - yes  Rosa Luxemburg   Mar-13-09 10:36 PM   #12 
  - Merit pay is not legitimate. It turns the education world upside down.  MasonJar   Mar-13-09 11:08 PM   #13 
  - I disagree.  WindRiverMan   Mar-14-09 09:17 AM   #14 
  - It is a way to rebalance the system. At this point, good teachers tend to go to rich areas  Mass   Mar-14-09 10:29 AM   #18 
  - And what we really want is the resources we need to teach our kids  proud2BlibKansan   Mar-14-09 09:37 AM   #16 
  - But feeding good teachers into war-zone schools as cannon fodder doesn't fix the  salguine   Mar-14-09 10:46 AM   #19 
  - I agree. Call it Hazardous duty pay.  dkofos   Mar-14-09 05:13 PM   #20 
  - Yes. Merit pay should mean highest salaries in the worst schools.  TexasObserver   Mar-14-09 06:20 PM   #21 
  - How about 'combat' pay? LOL!  Fire1   Mar-14-09 10:09 PM   #24 
  - 30 years ago,  MurrayDelph   Mar-15-09 01:20 AM   #26 
  - Agreed. nt  anonymous171   Mar-15-09 12:16 AM   #25 
  - Ineffective.  LWolf   Mar-15-09 06:23 PM   #27 
     - first address POVERTY  ulysses   Mar-15-09 06:34 PM   #28 
        - Because I love our kids.  LWolf   Mar-15-09 06:43 PM   #29 
 

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