[lbo-talk] Fwd: FW: Teachers - in solidarity

[Sean Andrews]

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 09:30, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote:
> [WS:] From another list.
>
> >From colleagues in Florida (substitute the name of many states these days.):
>

Maybe this is already common knowledge, but the context of Florida is
important as their state legislature is considering a bill that would
tie more than half of a teacher's pay to the scores their kids get on
standardized tests.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/04/14/1580172/merit-pay-captures-attention-across.html

this is largely the direction that Obama's Race to the Top program
will proscribe.

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