tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post7165690462513101591..comments2024-03-22T02:15:56.280-07:00Comments on Jersey Jazzman: How Much Merit Pay Are We Talking, Here?Dukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-45123162592030156142010-08-30T07:54:00.941-07:002010-08-30T07:54:00.941-07:00I've posted on this before - where it's be...I've posted on this before - where it's been tried, it hasn't worked.Dukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-35080213712862306562010-08-30T07:44:23.188-07:002010-08-30T07:44:23.188-07:00Something is better than nothing. Nonetheless, I ...Something is better than nothing. Nonetheless, I am still not sure I like the merit pay idea to begin with. Competition between teachers for a pot of $$, even a small pot of $$, feels "off" to me. Will teachers still want to share great ideas and lessons that really worked with one another? Throw in the fact that we are planning to base this largely on student test score achievement and I become even less enamored of the idea.thinkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-35638671204706114342010-08-30T07:13:39.586-07:002010-08-30T07:13:39.586-07:00It's better than a kick in the head, granted. ...It's better than a kick in the head, granted. But Rhee is talking about doubling salaries. I'm trying to show how little money we have to do that.<br /><br />Suppose we say the bonus would be $44K, which isn't double but in the same ballpark. Given we're talking about $63.5 mil over four years, you could only hand that out to roughly 0.25% of all teachers. About 350 total each year for four years.<br /><br />That's not even one per district. Where's the incentive? You may as well have a lottery.Dukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-51556275760742404902010-08-29T18:29:58.030-07:002010-08-29T18:29:58.030-07:003.5% may not sound like a lot, but 3.5% per year, ...3.5% may not sound like a lot, but 3.5% per year, compounded over several years - for the very best teachers - can mean big bucks over time.deciminyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06291307286920551540noreply@blogger.com