Performance Pay
Understand more about basing salary bonuses or raises on performance rather than solely on tenure
Education Funding
Photo Essay
Observing an Uncertain Future for School Districts in North Carolina
Justin Cook reflects on his familial roots as he documents two North Carolina school districts.
Teaching Profession
Testing Season Gets Teachers Excused From Jury Duty
Two teachers in Tampa, Fla., used the demands of testing season to get excused from being on the jury for a murder trial.
Teaching Profession
TNTP Presses for Performance-Pay Systems for Teachers
To bolster teacher quality, schools systems desperately need to institute variable pay structures that reward educators based on performance and challenging assignments, according to a report released this week by TNTP, a prominent nonprofit teacher-recruitment and policy organization.
Teaching Profession
D.C. Teachers Improved After Overhaul of Evaluations, Pay
The closely-watched system for evaluating teachers and providing bonus pay in the District of Columbia appears to be motivating weak and strong educators alike to higher performance.
Teaching Profession
News in Brief
Texas Axes Teacher Merit-Pay Plan
The once-vaunted teacher merit-pay plan in Texas will be converted this fall into a state grant program that pays for innovative education initiatives in a few dozen poor schools.
Education Funding
Georgia in Doghouse on Race to Top
Federal officials may withhold $9.9 million of Georgia's Race to the Top grant because the state eliminated a merit-pay plan for educators.
Teaching Profession
Combined Measures Better at Gauging Teacher Effectiveness, Study Finds
Basing more than half a teacher's evaluation on student test scores seemed to compromise it, researchers also found.
Teaching Profession
Teachers' Contract Includes Peer Review
The pact approved in Newark, N.J., sets up a dual salary schedule and ensures teacher involvement in evaluations.
Teaching Profession
Surveys Find Generation Gap on Contested Teacher Policies
Newer teachers are more likely than their veteran counterparts to support controversial education policies.
Teaching Profession
News in Brief
Facebook Grant Funds Newark Teacher Plan
A tentative contract for teachers in the Newark public school system allows for merit pay bonuses funded mainly through a grant from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
Recruitment & Retention
Opinion
USDOE Announces TIF Round 4 Awards
Today, the U.S. Department of Education announced the recipients of round four of the Teacher Incentive Fund. The TIF 4 competition has two components: the General TIF Competition and the TIF Competition with a Focus on STEM. The districts and states that secured awards include:
States
State Ballot Measures Include Hot K-12 Issues
Voters in various states will decide on teacher evaluations, funding, and charter school access, among other issues.
Education Funding
Letter to the Editor
Teacher Compensation Is 'One Piece of the Puzzle'
To the Editor:
Laura Overdeck, Arthur Levine, and Christopher Daggett are exactly on target in "Rethinking Teacher Compensation" (Aug. 22, 2012). Indeed, we must reassess and front-load how we pay teachers as a first step toward attracting and keeping the most effective candidates. However, front-loading compensation is incomplete.
Laura Overdeck, Arthur Levine, and Christopher Daggett are exactly on target in "Rethinking Teacher Compensation" (Aug. 22, 2012). Indeed, we must reassess and front-load how we pay teachers as a first step toward attracting and keeping the most effective candidates. However, front-loading compensation is incomplete.
Recruitment & Retention
Opinion
Human Capital, STEM, & Evaluation Focus of $285M TIF Competition
Today, the U.S. Department of Education released a 277-page report outlining updated priorities, application information, eligibility requirements, and other details for a fourth round of Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) grants, which are set to be awarded this fall. The TIF 4 competition provides two grant opportunities. The General TIF Competition, according to a USDOE press release, is designed to support "district-wide evaluation systems that reward success, offer greater professional opportunities, and drive decision-making on recruitment, development, and retention of effective teachers and principals." The TIF Competition with a STEM Focus will provide funding focused on improving science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) instruction. An information packet for both TIF 4 competitions is available on USDOE's website.