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To: Joe Btfsplk who wrote (341348)	1/4/2010 3:07:00 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (3) of 793958

You appear to be making an assumption that many means most. I did not intend it to mean that. It does not even mean a substantial minority. I repeat: Many of the brightest people go into education. More do not. In fact most of the educators can not be classified as the best or the brightest. Many of the best become disenchanted by the system that rewards time more than performance. Seems the problem is there doesn't exist mechanisms to properly reward them and provide incentives for their lessers to emulate success, while culling the worst. Vouchers, with minimal restrictions and no union involvement would seem to be a best option. I think anyone who cares about education in America would agree with that. I suspect the only way to improve it is to increase the number of charter schools and to establish financial rewards for the highest performing teachers. They should not be lifetime awards but based on annual performance. I doubt if any government will finance such a system.

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