Tag: merit pay
Florida roundup: charter schools, private schools, the Florida model & more
Charter schools. The Tampa Tribune suggests a compromise is in the works on bills dealing with charter schools funding, facilities and accountability. Senate education leaders want a broader discussion about a proposal to give charter schools dibs on unused school buildings, reports Gradebook. Tampa Bay Times columnist John Romano lists support for... READ MOREFlorida roundup: Tony Bennett’s first day, charter school funding, Satanists & more
Tony Bennett. On his first day on the job, he...
READ MOREMitt Romney’s son: Pay teachers more
Mitt Romney hasn’t talked much, if at all, about teacher pay...
READ MOREMichelle Rhee at the RNC: Education reform “has to be a bipartisan movement”
Michelle Rhee calls herself a “very, very, lefty liberal.” So...
READ MOREDiane Ravitch goes off the rails
After more than a decade working in education reform I...
READ MOREReport: U.S. spent (wasted?) $14.8 billion paying teachers for master’s degrees
School districts spent nearly $15 billion in the 2007-08 school...
READ MORETwo approaches to ed reform, but one may do little to reform
Two divergent approaches to education reform are operating in public...
READ MOREA constructive look inside the classroom, but a word of caution
The Florida House today passed a landmark teacher pay and tenure...
READ MORERhee keeps heaping praise on Florida
The St. Petersburg Times caught up with Michelle Rhee today...
READ MOREThe State of the Sunshine State
Florida Gov. Rick Scott will deliver his first State of...
READ MOREMerit pay the MLB way
As redefineED editor Adam Emerson observed last week, Andy Rotherham...
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