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There’s Not Much Performance in Denver Schools’ ‘Pay for Performance’ System

Our Hearts Feel Even Heavier Than Usual on This 9/11 Anniversary North Carolina’s Dumb Bail Law Audio By Carbonatix Media coverage of the Denver teachers’ strike has gotten the story wrong because it ... read more

Why performance pay is at the heart of Denver’s teacher strike

Denver public school teachers went on strike Monday for the first time in 25 years. Much of the fight comes down to a pay system known that involves a complicated merit and bonus system, and that ... read more

Chat Transcript: Teacher Pay for Performance

Well, there are two types of performance pay systems, one that provides bonuses, usually to all faculty in a school, when the school meets or beats a performance increase target, and the other that ... read more

Does Performance-Based Teacher Pay Work? Here’s What the Research Says

The new state-appointed superintendent for Houston schools is eyeing a new approach to teacher pay that’s intended to help get the district in Texas’ largest city back on track. In March, Texas ... read more

Denver teachers are next to take to the picket line

In an era of fractured politics, teachers of different ethnicities, with varying levels of seniority, in school districts big and small, in both Democratic and Republican states, seem unified on at ... read more

Denver teachers, protesting a performance pay plan, reach agreement with school district

Educators went on strike Monday over low pay, the first time they have walked off the job in a quarter-century Striking teachers in Denver reached an agreement Thursday with the school system that ... read more