{"id":181,"date":"2008-08-14T13:14:05","date_gmt":"2008-08-14T17:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/?p=181"},"modified":"2008-08-14T13:14:05","modified_gmt":"2008-08-14T17:14:05","slug":"teacher-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrclapper.com\/blog2\/?p=181","title":{"rendered":"Teacher pay"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s a silly article in today’s Washington Post<\/a> describing the conflict over a potential salary schedule. One group — generally younger teachers is portrayed as in favor of it — while another — older teachers — is described as being against it. And the older teachers have a point that younger teachers, perhaps those who haven’t been there long enough to realize that they no longer can leave, don’t quite understand: without tenure, you can lose your job overnight. In an urban system where leadership turns over every three years, and where individual schools have a new principal every year, this is a scary prospect. <\/p>\n

The article also offers the usual shots at union leadership — unresponsive, protective of senior members — which are undoubtedly true but seem somewhat gratuitous. <\/p>\n

The problem is that there’s no description of how student success and therefore teacher success will be measured. Is it a complex value-added system? Is it purely based on test scores and how, then, will these scores be measured? Do current principals have an evaluative role, i.e., would principles be able to weigh in on a teacher’s performance? <\/p>\n

I don’t envy Chancellor Rhee. Designing a system that’s both transparent and measures what it’s supposed to will be difficult. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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