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To: bentway who wrote (200981)	9/11/2012 12:46:08 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542043

<< all merit based pay does is make teachers put pressure on the kids and cheat. It is a terrible idea." I disagree.>> Make your case. Here is my case: When you bring politics into the classroom you bring trouble. The vast majority of teachers are fine. The human species only produces teachers that are so good. I think you risk more by bringing politics into the classroom than you gain by imposing merit based pay. We all had the good bad and ugly teacher, but we all survived it to. And the teacher randomness prevents dogma and demagoguery. Who decides the merits? As mentioned the Texas board of education? And if it is based on the kids achievement, I can guarantee you ruthless teachers will just assign more homework. That is very hard on the kids. I think there are enough safeguards now. Just look at a thread like this one. This thread probably has a cross section of thinkers as good as any anywhere. Yet, look how much we differ in our opinions. And we are almost all liberals. Now bring some right wingers into the mix who hate liberals and give them the power over any of us. Good luck. I actually dealt with that when I taught in Morgan Hill.