I like Obama as our candidate and believe that he will be a good President. The alternative is too terrible to think about. However, there have been some stances that Obama has taken that has caused consternation from the DK crowd. I am afraid his support for merit pay for teachers is another one of those issues.
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Saturday thanked the National Education Association for its endorsement but also made it clear that he continues to support merit pay for teachers.
Education has always been an important issue with me, and I think merit pay is something that needs to be explored in depth before it is implemented on a national scale. I freely admit that I am a skeptic and do not support merit pay, but am willing to listen to arguments for it.
