(np) merit pay

[Michael Bailey]

in the time-honored tradition of Democratic presidents using their
political capital to achieve Republican goals,
Obama apparently wants teacher merit pay...

I much prefer the idea of paying students for good test scores.
The standardized tests are already in place, right?

All that remains is to let it be known
that compensation is a dollar a point.  I believe that would foster
better behavior
and more intense attention, thus achieving the goals of "merit pay" at
less expense
and creating a connection between work and reward in students' minds that
is (if I recall correctly) really not there till somebody puts it there...


(also we need to fix the crack in the Liberty Bell and take those nasty
presidential faces off the money!)