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From May 2005

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Improving Education

Is There Merit in Teacher Merit Pay as Schwarzenegger Cuts Schools’ Budget?

By Rich Ehisen


Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has called for a system of merit pay for California’s K-12 teachers. Some education reform advocates adamantly support his proposal, saying it will weed out bad teachers and reward good ones.
    But teacher unions and others decry merit-based compensation systems, claiming they would be unwieldy to manage, unfair to teachers and, ultimately, unable to solve the complex problems facing California’s school system.
    Prosper discussed the issue’s pros and cons with two Sacramento educators, Rio Americano High School teacher Michael Mahoney and Margaret Fortune, co-chair of Gov. Schwarzenegger’s Coalition for Education Reform.

Michael Mahoney:

Prosper: Why do you oppose Gov. Schwarzenegger’s teacher merit-pay proposal?
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