Merit Pay for teachers... as seen by teacher unions.

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I've had some heartburn with teachers in the past. Those whining and sniveling a few months ago in the face of a 1% pay cut resulting from our massive recession were a case in point; like many government employees, they seem to believe they are somehow "owed" something and that, as a result, the recession should not impact them... while it crushes the rest of us

Here's Education Week's view, via "I Thought a Think."

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This is the scam teachers run.

This is the lie they propagate.

As I've mentioned in the past, the fatal flaw in Communism is, in my opinion, that it failed to take into account the "flaws" of human character.

That is, those who work the hardest at any job should be those rewarded the most.

That is obvious to most; a true meritocracy where those who do the best are rewarded the best would do much to reform every aspect of our educational process while, I believe, serving to draw our best and brightest instead of those we have now in all too many cases.

The article in question is a bunch of self-serving pap. As we all know by now, insanity is frequently defined as doing the same thing over and over while expecting a different outcome.

To that end, where are the articles from this publication and other pro-teacher union outfits and the unions themselves providing genuine reform that will make a difference in our horrific drop out rate and the illiteracy of far too many of our graduates?

Where are the plans that if implemented, would hold teachers accountable for their outcomes?

No where. Because self-accountability isn't in the teacher lexicon.

What we're doing now, DOES NOT WORK.

I, for one, have no difficulty implementing a merit pay-based system, with clearly road marked standards and outcomes to achieve in order to qualify.

Because, while the yet to be proven idea that such a system "undermines teamwork," what has this fantastic "teamwork" brought us?

The worst educated children of any developed country anywhere.
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