MA: The Teaching Salary Act (Debating)

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We shouldn't be disincentivising teachers taking on jobs with more academically challenged students.

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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. 

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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. 

It's still a step by awarding the best teachers that really produce amazing results and are committed to the kids. Shouldn't they get the highest pay?

We can aim for that, we just need to recognize there is no surefire way to make sure we know who those teachers are, and any decent system for estimating this is going to require a lot of time and resources with administration at the local level by people who are familiar with each school.

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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.

Yes, I agree, those decisions are best made case by case at the local level - as long as we do not have tenure/seniority or other policies that are getting in the way.

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yeah, i've heard about these 'rubber rooms,' on public radio.  doesn't mean there aren't good teachers, just that the teachers that have issues are impossible to let go.   (and Reihan Salaam has some really smart stuff on education at NR so don't knock it if you haven't read it )   

in any case, we can agree i think that it makes sense to reward teachers who take on tougher jobs.