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(6 results) Toward A Public School Meritocracy?
Though fraught with tension, a performance-based compensation system makes good sense and creates all kinds of incentives to achieve. Such logic is lost on the education establishment, however. (read more) Embedded With the Enemy?
The new art exhibit, “Unembedded”—a photojournalists’ account of the Iraq War—has been featured at several prestigious universities amid widespread applause as to its self-described “nuanced view of the civilian instability.” (read more) Teacher Pay Revisited
Traditional compensation systems, long advocated by teachers' unions, emphasize degrees earned and time on the job but a budding merit-pay movement is attempting to change that, interjecting marketplace sensibilities into a profession that has historically provided few monetary incentives or rewards for high-fliers. (read more) Before the Door Closed
The District of Columbia School Choice Incentive Act was signed by President Bush in January, 2004, allocating $14 million for the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP). A University of Arkansas report reviews OSP successes and limitations. (read more) DC Vouchers Rhee-Visited
On May 5, D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee told a symposium on innovation in education that she doesn’t care whether education providers earn a profit if they are effective, but when questioned about innovative programs in the District which needed funding, she left out the DC voucher program. (read more) Community Organizes for Vouchers
On August 20th, dozens of elementary students and parents gathered in front of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) in a daytime vigil organized by D.C. Parents for School Choice as part of their SaveThe216 campaign to save the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP). (read more) |
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