Simple concept? Not if you are a teacher. Metro Nashville is trying to push a privately funded plan that would give teachers a bonus if students improved over a certain amount.
Years of battling back and forth with the teachers union so far have not amounted to much but a study is coming out that could help shed some light on the issue. While a teachers financial motivation may not be the only factor for a child's success or failure, I am sure most parents would prefer a teacher who had some form of extra motivation to make sure a child was learning what they need to learn.
While we are at it why not allow parents to at least see teacher performance reviews? How did students from one teacher at a school compare to students from another teacher? Currently those records are not available to parents.
Most parents want their children to have the best opportunity to succeed. Given a chance to review what teacher offer their children that best hope seems only reasonable. Teachers unions have fought this as well for years. If parents are educated that little Jimmy or little Jane are about to be in a class with the consistently worst performing teacher in the state they might actually want a change.
Accountability. It is a scary word for some.
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