Dear Editor,
Our governor proposes merit based pay for teachers. On the
surface it sounds like a good idea. Can it be made to work
equitably with school teachers? Who knows? Colorado thinks it will
but the devil is in the details.
Dear Editor,
Our governor proposes merit based pay for teachers. On the surface it sounds like a good idea. Can it be made to work equitably with school teachers? Who knows? Colorado thinks it will but the devil is in the details.
In any case it’s not likely Gilroy will ever find out, if it depends on Superintendent Edwin Diaz. With what I can only assume is typical academic arrogance he states that if merit pay system had the potential to improve student performance, researchers and school districts would have realized it and such a system would already be in place. Simply put, if it was any good WE would already thought of it.
He goes on to say “Merit pay is something I’m not even going to spend time thinking about.”
How’s that for keeping an open mind to new ideas?
Good luck, Gilroy in ever getting significant meaningful changes in place.
Harlan Breneman, Gilroy
