Merit pay could boost learning

 
By Jay P. Greene and Marcus A. Winters
Published: August 5, 2007

Saying we should "reward excellence and incentivize success,” Oklahoma House Speaker Lance Cargill is leading an effort to establish merit pay for school teachers. "In each of the last four years,” he says, " Oklahoma has raised teacher pay at a pace virtually unsurpassed in the country. In the future, however, raises should be tied to performance.”

Cargill's idea makes sense. According to the federal Bureau ...


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