After stripping billions in school funding, Mich GOP to tie teacher pay...
Oh, I see how this worksCross-posted from Eclectablog.Over the past two years, Michigan Republicans have stripped over a billion dollars from schools and are working to defund them another $825.1...
View Articlethoughts on merit pay for teachers
which was written as a comment on this thread at Diane Ravitch's blog..The presumption of Merit pay for teachers is that the impact of the teacher can in some fashion be immediately measured, usually...
View ArticleSomething I think I finally understand
is that those who insist upon merit pay for teachers are themselves primarily motivated by money and have trouble grasping that for many people, while they want to earn a decent income and be able to...
View ArticleSome reflection on Stiglitz and his words on teachers
I realize that others have written about the magnificent piece by Joe Stiglitz titled In No One We Trust. There were two paragraphs that spoke directly to me, and upon which I would like to...
View ArticleThis Desperate Anti-Charlie Crist Banner Appeared on the Daily Kos Front Page
Gee...I wonder whose campaign came up with this one?I'm inclined to believe that Daily Kos had nothing to do with this being in the ad space, but come on. We can do better than this. More below the...
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