tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post4210655334359603730..comments2024-03-22T02:15:56.280-07:00Comments on Jersey Jazzman: Bust a Cap In Your...Dukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-76392157627055714262010-10-31T07:18:48.482-07:002010-10-31T07:18:48.482-07:00How many teachers do you think will continue in a ...How many teachers do you think will continue in a career where they are take a pay cut EVERY year, particularly when the starting salary was average at best? And how many college students will be lining up to go into teaching knowing that their first year salary is likely the highest they will ever be paid? And when (because it will happen eventually, our economy is cyclical) the economy recovers, we are still going to punish public sector workers with a cap on salaries while the private sector workers have no such cap, correct? Let me know how that works out for you NJ. <br /><br />Someone please explain to me how this will not decimate the quality of the teaching force. I thought that quality teachers were sooooooo important, especially in urban schools. I thought this was so critically important that we simply HAVE to institute merit pay. Oh wait, you mean merit pay isn't really about teacher quality? Hunh.<br /><br />Take a look at the whole picture people. All this governor has done is throw whatever he can at education in the hopes that something sticks that will lower teacher pay. It amazes me that more people don't see this.thinkernoreply@blogger.com