Reply #145: Until we return the control of classrooms back [View All]

[shayes51]

to teachers, merit pay makes little sense. In our local elementary schools, the teachers' days are prescribed down to the very minute, very page, etc. In addition, merit pay would have to be based on goals that any dedicated teacher could achieve--advanced degrees, publishing, attending/presenting workshops, years of continuous service, and so on. Otherwise, if we leave the decision-making to the administration,look for the secondary coaches to get all the merit pay at the high school level. I know because I spent 29 years teaching there.