with teachers that are on the merit pay plan do slightly better says a new report that  will be coming out in the Journal of Public Economics.  A 1-2% gain is all you are going to get.

per year if school districts cut some provisions in teacher contracts.  The Education Sector looked at eight provisions such as seniority pay, retirement benefits, health care, class-size provisions, just to name a few.

They say that increasing salary based on years of experience is not good because a teacher is going to plateau on how well they can perform in a classroom.  They say that having a masters degree does not mean that classroom performance is better. They also say that teachers get generous healthcare and retirement benefits.

The total cost which they admit is a conservative estimate is around 19% of school budgets nation wide.

on the Metro Nashville school district that wants to give out some bonus money to teachers that do well in the classroom.

in the state of Tennessee are talked about in a new article by the Tennessean.

a one year extension on a requirement forces a new assesment on some students that have limited English skills.

on Eldridge Moores who is a retired teachers that wants to get more students in California on earth science