Teachers for CEO merit pay

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Jesse Hagopian, a teacher in the Seattle Public Schools and co-founder of Educators, Students and Parents for a Better Vision of Seattle Schools, has a proposal for where merit pay might actually be useful.

POP QUIZ.

Chief Executive Officers, take out your #2 pencils and mark the letter that corresponds to the single best answer choice (remember, unlike on Wall Street, your scores will be invalidated if you are caught cheating).

1) Which of the following achievements of CEOs would warrant their lavish salaries and bonuses?

A) A global economic collapse that has led to millions losing their jobs, homes, and pensions.

B) Two wars in the Middle East that have seen bountiful contracts awarded to private companies.

C) 47 million Americans now without health insurance.

D) The systematic under-funding of schools and the push toward privatizing education through charter schools.

E) None of the above.

If you selected "E," congratulations! You are a rare official who has made the honor roll of the newly formed institute, Teachers for CEO Merit Pay. Our motto: "Because sabotaging the global economy shouldn't earn you a bonus."
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All of these social ills have a decisive impact on the learning process, and none can be solved by fomenting competition between teachers. Real education reform would start by addressing these systemic inequalities and acknowledging the miraculous work that my teacher colleges do every day despite the lack of institutional support.

It would mean giving teachers a respectable wage--we would, of course, be open to accepting President Obama's salary cap of $500,000 with unlimited access to stock options, which he recently set for incompetent CEOs who received public money to keep their failed institutions afloat.
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FULL ARTICLE
http://socialistworker.org/2009/03/26/teachers-for-ceo-merit-pay

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1. K&R

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2. K&R

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3. K&R. nt