Denver Voters Pave Way for Incentive Pay

Supporters are hoping other districts, states will follow city’s lead.

Starting this week, Denver teachers will be able to sign up for a groundbreaking new pay plan that city voters endorsed Nov. 1 by accepting $25 million in new property taxes.

The vote capped a nationally watched drive for the change, which stops rewarding teachers for years in the classroom and, instead, pays them for raising student achievement, adding to their skills, and teaching in the schools and fields where they are needed most.

Many education advocates hailed the salary framework, six years in the making, as an important step forward in modernizing the...

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