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femmocrat

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6. It isn't just "merit pay", there is more to it.
Sat Apr 12, 2014, 05:46 PM
Apr 2014

Districts are adopting horrific evaluations systems that are being hawked by the likes of Pearson, ETS, and Gates. There is a lot of money being spent to get rid of teachers who have become expensive to keep on, in terms of salary and retirement benefits. Veteran teachers seem to be targeted for unsatisfactory evaluations after years of receiving excellent ones.

I would love to see figures on what it costs to implement one of these evaluation systems vs. what it costs to keep veteran teachers on the payroll!

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