Let’s assume, for a second, that performance pay becomes a reality in schools. Teachers are paid based upon some quantitative data that suggests student learning. Whether this is an accurate metric or not is irrelevant for the question I want us to consider. With the institution of a merit/performance pay system, do districts forego the [...]

Considering the amount of frustration that parents, educators, and political pundits throw at our system of schooling, one can only wonder why there is minimal support for a complete overhaul of the structure. The reality is that the only way our educational system will experience a complete alteration is through a paradigm shift that looks [...]