Archive for the 'Teachers' Category
Ed secretary: judge teachers on how students do
June 8th, 2009The Associated Press – “Teachers should be judged on student performance, though not solely on test scores, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Monday. Duncan supports merit pay for teachers, an often controversial practice linking raises or bonuses to student achievement. It is opposed by many teachers' union members, who make up a powerful segment of [...]
At Charter School, Higher Teacher Pay
March 8th, 2008New York Times – “Would six-figure salaries attract better teachers?”
Here’s a First
October 22nd, 2007KWTX – “An English teacher in Tuscola has been placed on paid leave and faces possible criminal charges in a book dispute. A student’s parents complained to law officers that a ninth-grade class reading list contained a 1974 book about a murderer who has sex with the bodies of his victims.
I’m sure there will be [...]
