Merit pay for teachers is definitely an issue these days. Many people are having quite heated debates on the topic. One critic of merit based pay is that it would be expensive to launch and evaluate the teachers year after year While this may have some validity, this site, Bipolar Nation, had this to say:
So, if education isn’t a worthy investment - at least not worthy of more taxpayer money - why does it get public funding in the first place. Do away with the Department of Education and all publicly-funded schools, and the free market will introduce its own version of “merit-based” pay. If teachers provide so much value to this world, they have absolutely nothing to worry about.
Merit based pay would allure the best teachers, reward them, and create an incentive for them to stick around. Many incredibly talented and intelligent people chose not to enter the teaching profession because of the low pay. Many others will grow frustrated with the hard work they put in without the chance of reward. I recognize most people do not enter the profession for the pay, but this does not mean those people do not deserve more.
Using the market to guide the education system is not a new idea either. Many people feel the entire education system would benefit from the ideals of a free market. The schools would compete to be the best, In terms of merit pay, the teachers would challenge themselves to be better. The market seems to be beneficial in other areas of our country, why not try them in education? For some time now, we have let schools get worse and worse. Transformation of the system is one thing we have not tried. Let's give it a shot.
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