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Teacher Strike Over Benefits Closes Illinois School
Thousands of students were told to stay at home at the end of last week as teachers at Zion-Benton Township High School in Illinois went on strike, writes the Associated Press. The strike began early...
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Teacher Reward Report: Focus on Collaboration, Not Competition
Are teachers motivated to teach better by financial rewards in the same way salesmen are motivated by sales targets and production goals? Do merit pay programs that focus on students’ standardized test...
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Tennessee’s Haslam Targets Flexibility in Teacher Salaries
Teachers in Tennessee are set to lose their annual pay raises if Governor Bill Haslam can replace the current system with salaries based on student performance, how tough a teaching position is to fill...
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Duncan: Great Teachers Deserve Massive Pay Hike
In a recent interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan outlined his view that teachers who perform well deserve great salaries. Merit pay is currently a hot issue for...
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Chicago Union in Danger of Alienating Public Over 30% Raise
The Chicago school board is currently battling a budget deficit that’s almost touching $1 billion, and is currently embroiled in arduous contract talks with the Chicago Teachers Union after the...
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South Dakota Supes Say Bill Doesn’t Address Poor Pay
Many Superintendents in the state of South Dakota have criticized a revised bill on merit pay, bonuses and teacher tenure that has just passed the Senate Education committee and is now headed back to...
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Compromise Allows Redundancy Volunteers to Early Work Return
Northern Ireland’s Education Minister John O’Dowd announced a compromise that will allow teachers who volunteered for redundancy and who will receive a lump sum severance payment to return to the...
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Study Shows Advance Merit Pay Increases Student Achievement
Economics researchers have conducted a study of 150 Chicago Heights teachers that seems to show that merit pay works much better if the payments are made in advance and then taken away for failure...
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Wana Duhart: Teacher Compensation is a Necessary Carrot
by Wana Duhart America’s classroom teachers have earned the right to be compensated in ways that both acknowledge their contributions to the lives of students and reward them for their ability to...
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More School Districts Dump Master’s Pay Bump
Should teachers be paid more for holding graduate degrees? Many states and school districts have linked teachers’ pay and job security to student test scores, and now some are slashing the extra pay...
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