My reading teacher’s effect on me wouldn’t have appeared in a single year’s test scores.’ ...

For years, education advocates have said that teachers need to be paid more and students need to be tested less.

Five key actions could help improve Oklahoma schools, which are lagging behind China's. Merit pay for teachers is one of them ...

instead rewarding longevity and punishing newer teachers. Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters also ...

Instead of cutting these programs down, the administration should be “visiting, celebrating” the districts for advancing merit, he added. In fact, performance pay for teachers has ...

Brandon Creighton’s Senate Bill 26 would raise teacher salaries based on years worked — boosting Kirk’s salary by $5,500 — and sets aside $750 million for merit pay raises, which only some ...

One of Ramaswamy’s main policy proposals is to set Ohio teachers’ pay based on merit. Right now, teacher pay scales, as well as raises and other compensation, are generally set on a district ...

A reader says that money Gov. Greg Abbott wants to spend on vouchers would go further if used to pay quality public school ...

Lawmakers this week listened to testimony on House Bill 2, which would raise schools’ base funding per student by $220 — a figure that falls short of what many Texans say is needed.

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Since Vivek Ramaswamy launched his campaign for governor on Monday, he’s touted a plan to pay Ohio teachers based on merit as a way to improve the state’s education system.

While the intent behind diversity and quota initiatives sounds good, they raise concerns about fairness, effectiveness and ...