Teacher evaluation: Not ready for prime time?
An early Race to the Top winner, Tennessee is requiring schools to evaluate teachers by value-added test scores and principal observations. The new evaluation system is complex, confusing and a huge...
View ArticlePay teachers more — and less
Pay some teachers more and others less, writes Jordan Weissmann in The Atlantic. Not all teaching jobs are alike. In fact, one could say there’s no such thing as “a teacher” at all. There are math...
View ArticleDuncan: Pay great teachers $150,000
A “great teacher” should make up to $150,000 a year, said Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” show. “I think young teachers — we should double salaries. A starting teacher...
View ArticleCC instructors tie bonuses to performance
Part-time adult education instructors at City Colleges of Chicago have agreed to link bonuses to student achievement. That just doesn’t happen at the college level.
View ArticleObama: $1 billion for master teacher corps
President Obama wants to create a “master teacher corps,” starting with 50 math and science teachers who’d earn an additional $20,000 a year to act as mentors, plan curriculum and lead school...
View ArticleChicago faculty union OKs performance pay
Unionized professors and staff at City Colleges of Chicago have agreed to performance pay. Instead of annual pay hikes for seniority, faculty members could earn bonuses based on student outcomes, such...
View ArticleThe education election
The status quo was a big winner, writes Rick Hess in his election wrap-up. Those edu-advocates who’ve been telling themselves that an Obama win would mean a big infusion of dollars are going to be...
View ArticleTeachers unions aren’t to blame
Once hostile to teachers’ unions, Education Realist now thinks unions are blamed unfairly for many education problems. She starts with teachers’ cognitive ability. . . . high school teachers have...
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Teachers valued most in China
Teachers aren’t valued highly in 21 countries in the Varkey GEMS Foundation’s Global Teacher Status Index. China ranks first in respect for teachers. The U.S. is about average. Israel is last. Except...
View ArticleStudy: Evaluation works in DC
The District of Columbia’s teacher evaluation system — with rewards for the best and firing for the worst — is working, according to a a new study. ”Teachers on the cusp of dismissal under D.C.’s...
View ArticleHow a charter network evaluates teachers
Evaluating teachers’ effectiveness is a priority for the Aspire network of 37 charter schools, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. It’s not just about test scores. When Eva Kellogg’s bosses evaluated...
View ArticleDistricts drop extra pay for master’s
Teachers with master’s degrees aren’t any more effective than their non-degreed colleagues, say researchers. Now North Carolina, Dallas and Houston are cutting extra pay for advanced degrees....
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What teachers earn over time
How much do teachers make? Don’t just look at starting and peak salaries, advises Smart Money, a new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality. What counts is how quickly teachers climb the...
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How to change teacher pay systems
William Taylor earns a hefty bonus for being a highly effective teacher in a high-poverty Washington, D.C. school. William Taylor, 29, teaches math and coaches colleagues at a Washington, D.C....
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Why teachers don’t earn as much as LeBron
Key and Peele’s Teaching Center, a spoof of ESPN’s Sports Center, has been a huge hit with teachers, writes James Shuls on Jay Greene’s blog. But here’s What Really Prevents Us from Treating Teachers...
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What doesn’t work
John Hattie’s What Doesn’t Work In Education, published by Pearson Education, attacks “popular and oft-prescribed remedies,” such as small classes, high standards and more money, reports NPR. A...
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Clinton claims ‘no evidence’ for value-added
Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton has been endorsed by both major teachers’ unions. Photo: AP Hillary Clinton is “saying everything teachers unions want to hear,” writes Lauren Camera on U.S....
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Dallas isn’t a Wobegon for teachers
Dallas is not Lake Wobegon, reports the National Council on Teacher Quality. The district’s new evaluation system did not declare that nearly all teachers are satisfactory. Among the system’s seven...
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The $100,000 teacher
Does It Pay To Pay Teachers $100,000? asks NPR. The average pay for U.S. teacher is about $56,000, but pay-for-performance schemes in cities such as Washington, D.C. are pushing salaries to $100,000...
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Study: Teacher bonuses raise results
Teacher performance pay is linked to a slightly better math and reading results in a new federal study reports Liana Loewus in Education Week. Mathematica Policy Research evaluated Teacher Incentive...
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