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Let’s cut to the chase. This is definitely a bad idea.Students are not widgets. Teachers do not produce them, and their achievement,or lack of it, cannot be laid at the feet of any one person.
The discussion of incentive pay began in the 80s. It was abad idea then; it is a bad idea now.
Instead of favoring some teachers, albeit those who do theirjobs superbly, over those who . . . well . . . don’t . . .
- We should be promoting a collegial environmentwhere teachers come together to nurture the abilities and talents within each student.
- · We should be hiring talented people and payingthem a respectable salary that could be attained in industry.
- · We should be educating teachers at the master’slevel, after they have attained some proficiency in history, or geology, orliterature. This is true of those who teach kindergarten and those who teachhigh school.
What do you think will bring the best teachers to ourschools?
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