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Originally Posted by GGG
I would say the government should widen out the pay scale and make it at least 50 % performanced based and far less tenure based. Also make it easier to fire poor teachers and replace them with the young eager teachers stuck on subs list. The union would never go for it but it would improve the profession and reward teachers who are good and allow teaching to function much more like private enterprise.
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It's very difficult to gauge how success can be appropriately and accurately gauged in a classroom. That is probably the main reason why it hasn't happened. The no child left behind rule in the states is making for interesting situations particularly for areas where education is not the priority of the area.
Although the idea of a competitive market place for teachers seems logical, wouldn't we be entering the realm of private schooling the way it's run in the states. High tuition, education for those who can afford it. Which students gets to have the "good" teachers too?
I remember it wasn't until university until I got to pick which profs I would like working with me.