Teachers are generally helpful, giving, and kind, but when only 10% can receive the bonus, self-interest kicks in. But that’s not the only reason merit pay hasn’t worked in schools.

Lets talk about merit pay. Some proponents of education "reform" want to pay teachers according to a merit system. Teachers' organizations are nearly all against the idea and have been ...

Merit Pay for Teachers In his State of the State speech Governor Schwarzenegger called for a merit pay system where teachers, where salary would be linked to performance rather than tenure.

The Legislature rolled out the performance-based pay program in 2019 to provide a pathway for Texas’ top educators to make more than $100,000 a year in a state that lags most others in teacher pay.

Instead of perpetuating this flawed system, Florida must increase pay across the board. Our state ranks 50th in average teacher pay — an embarrassment that no amount of merit pay can fix.

Published March 20, 2019 At first glance, our heart sunk on news suggesting that the politicians in Austin had blinked on an effective tool to help boost students across the state.We are talking ...

It was arbitrary and subjective. Like the basketball team, merit pay crushes teamwork. Although $2,500 is a small amount, it’s less so when you’re an underpaid teacher living paycheck to paycheck.

The Arkansas Board of Education on Thursday finalized a set of rules that helps clear the way for distribution of as much as $10,000 in merit pay per teacher as soon as next month.

Tulsa Public Schools’ Board of Education will consider a proposal Monday night for the district to participate this semester in a merit-based teacher stipend plan. TPS officials confirmed Friday ...

Moving away from pay models based on teachers' experience and education levels was among the recommendations of an Education Reform Commission, which dropped an 86-page report on Deal’s desk ...

Rhee wants to offer teachers up to $20,000 extra a year, based at least in part on how much better their students read, write and do math under their tutelage. Performance or merit pay, as it's ...

For teachers, the awards ranged from a low of $565 to $6,050. Typical bonuses ranged from $4,300 to $5,700.