MA: The Teaching Salary Act (Debating)

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Sponsor: A-Bob

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I for one don't like Section 4.  That'll be one thing I think definitely needs amending.

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I for one don't like Section 4.  That'll be one thing I think definitely needs amending.

I was just considering how to judge teachers fairly on preformance for say a language or music teacher. Our new Colorado bill ties all teachers in with our overall state testing scores which makes no sense, especially for teachers that have nothing to do with the core subjects, or even judged in english when they teach geometry and statistics.

I realize that.  But then limiting pay for non-testable teachers is unfair as well and discourages entry into that field.

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I actually agree with Badger (somewhat).  I've always been a fan of local control when it comes to schools.  I think there need to be some guidelines, and perhaps some provisions on what we'll do if a local school district isn't doing a good job, but for the most part, local school districts are going to know what's working and what isn't.

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Replacing bad teachers with good teachers is something that we need to enable schools to do. That is not quite the same as basing teacher pay on some measure of performance. 

I think first and foremost, we need to make sure that we have good teachers and are getting rid of the bad ones.  But that shouldn't be done by the regional government.  Local administrators can do that best.  We just need to ensure that overall that's what's going on.

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Alright, does anybody have an amendment on what specifically we'd like to add to the legislation?