Michelle Rhee’s tier program more sinister than previously thought
Michelle Rhee’s tiered pay plan would allow DC school teachers to trade their tenure and scheduled pay raises in exchange for merit bonuses. Seems fair, but Nathan Saunders of the Washington Teacher’s Union is on WAMU right now saying that new teachers would automatically enter the merit bonus tier–effectively eliminating teacher tenure as tenured teachers leave the system.
Q4: When will we have details on how bonuses will be determined?
Before deciding on whether you individually want the red plan or the green plan.
That is a very bad sign.
“That is a very bad sign.”
No kidding. The plan that seems to create more choice actually eliminates it.