Opinion
Merit Pay For Teachers Makes Sense
Rewarding performance will ensure more talented individuals work in North Carolina classrooms.
RALEIGH — Guilford County Schools’ program of merit-based pay for teachers has increased test scores and graduation rates, but teachers’ unions call the model unfair and, instead, support across-the-board salary increases for school personnel.
How do you tell a good teacher from a bad one? Personal style, high expectations, firm discipline, enthusiasm – there were many markers of excellence, according to my parents.