Merit pay at forefront of bold Tulsa school plan

 
The Oklahoman Editorial
Published: August 6, 2009

S itting in a hotel room overlooking Seattle , Tulsa schools Superintendent Keith Ballard knows it’s finally showtime. He and his team have only days left to get the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to buy in — literally — to a plan to improve the district’s 3,100-member teaching force and put on the fast track a complex and comprehensive pay-for-performance system.

Ballard publicly unv...


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