[quote=ocrenter]NPR had a segment in 2012 where an experiement was done in a struggling school district. They gave bonuses to all of the teachers at the beginning of the year, if the teachers do not meet certain academic criteria, the bonuses would have to be returned. This is compared to teachers that were promised bonuses if the same acadmeic criteria was met. The result showed if the bonuses had to be returned, the students ended up doing much better.
So the question is would unions actually say yes to something like this???[/quote]
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To say the least, Michelle Rhee’s time in DC was controversial. Needless to say, you have some strong feelings about the lady.
Did you at least get a chance to look at the NPR piece on performance based bonuses that need to be returned if certain goals are not met?
Obviously we are all eager to see positive changes with the schools. So please don’t minimize the problem (by saying bad teachers are rare and far-between). I didn’t bring up anything controversial. Just a simple research that showed an effective tool at improving academic performance.
As a die-hard union supporter, is that something the union would say yes to?[/quote]
this reflects the human reality that we are pained to lose something we already have much more than we are pleased to gain something we don’t. this is the nature of humans and im pretty sure it’s been wired into us over many years for survival purposes. a bird int he hand, etc. obviously, it’s not entirely rational, since the end expected result may statistically be the same, but the feelings are the feelings.
probably run into legal problems making people return money later they don’t have. maybe do soem sort of hybrid system where they geta trust that is in their name with certain conditions, but they get the paperwork and the feeling that it is theirs…
