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Melanie Duppins: I believe in performance incentives in theory -- if they're based on smart, multifaceted evaluations -- not based on an increase in student scores ...MoreI believe in performance incentives in theory -- if they're based on smart, multifaceted evaluations -- not based on an increase in student scores alone (although scores should be a facet). I also think that it would be hard to implement these incentives in practice across the board, due to the unique challenges of teachers in different communities. 131 weeks ago
Darrell Pharmer: This is a very tricky question. Increasing students performance is very important but if we focus only on this then we lose sight of why we ...MoreThis is a very tricky question. Increasing students performance is very important but if we focus only on this then we lose sight of why we choose to be educators. We always want our kids to do there best but if performance is the key to a teacher's pay then it becomes nothing more than a sales job. We need to take all the variables into consideration in order to actually promote some kind of performance based incentive. 131 weeks ago