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Merit Pay: Buzzword or Real Education Reform?

As if public schools don't have enough on their plate already, a contentious and protracted debate regarding teacher compensation is taking place at school districts across the country. For decades, students, teachers, parents, and administrators at all levels of education -- including post-secondary schools -- have clashed in disagreement over the advantages, or shortcomings, of a merit or performance-based pay structure. This compensation plan, which essentially proposes a direct link between teachers' salaries and the performance and success of their students, has seen fits and starts ...

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