On Wednesday, I shared the most read opinion essay in 2012 from Education Week with you. It was centered around performance pay for our nation's teachers. I found it fascinating that the #3 most read opinion essay from 2012 was also centered around paying teachers more but in this article, Jason Richwine of the Heritage Foundation and Andrew Biggs from American Enterprise took a very different stance on the topic than did Linda Darling-Hammond in her essay.
Mr. Richwine and Mr. Biggs conducted a study through the Heritage Foundation that determined the average teacher in the United States is paid more than he/she would earn with the same education and skill-set in the private sector. It is clear that they have an underlying agenda in publishing this study which is okay because, remember, these are opinion essays. In their essay, they lay out a data driven case for eliminating "across the board pay increases" and a not so data drive case for restructuring the pension system for teachers.
It continues to be an exciting time to be involved in reforming our nation's education system. There is no doubt that the debate regarding teacher compensation and "bonus pay" will be a hot topic in 2013 as well!
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2012/01/11/17richwine.h31.html?tkn=WMZFonHh6R6%2FhW61v0EXkIPs0RVhBhXrqi4X&cmp=clp-edweek
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