A rebuttal to teacher pay

Alright,

Let's add to the teacher pay argument....

If you scroll down, you can see my argument for a new teacher pay system. You can also see Mr. Jaworski's comments. I agree with quite a bit that he said. I'll point out some things that might be interesting.

1. I agree that tenure doesn't make much sense for anyone under higher ed. If tenure only meant due process and collective bargaining, I would be fine with it. Really, those are the only things I would want/need. Automatic job security doesn't do anyone any good.

2. Sure, the suburbs are just a representation and don't have the issues as urban or even some rural districts. Incentives would be fine for those districts. I agree.

5. I stand by my opinion that teachers need to prove over time their excellence. One year is not a good indicator, positive or negative. Maybe the bench mark could be smaller, but I still feel payments should happen over the period of years with larger increases then quicker advancement with smaller increments.

I'm not sure how the unions are going to respond to this, especially the NEA. I've also had some interesting convos with older teachers at my school. I wish more young teachers were involved in the debate and I wish they were actually working in the schools and not just working in policy or wonks writing papers.