Yes

• 1 of 18

  by J.M. Schell

  Created on: July 24, 2008

  Why Should Teachers be Any Different From Other Professionals?

  Those opposed to paying teachers in the

• 2 of 18

  by Prentiss Whitley

  Created on: February 22, 2011

  About two months ago I ran across a study completed by the National Bureau of Economic Research. In

• 3 of 18

  by Sandra Gillhouse

  Created on: July 24, 2010

  Merit pay simply is an excellent means to reward our dedicated teachers. I’m talking about those

• 4 of 18

  by Teresa Sanello

  Created on: March 17, 2010   Last Updated: March 18, 2010

  Children’s education is the most important issue in the world.  The ones who teach the children’s

• 5 of 18

  by Michael Patrick

  Created on: August 10, 2008

  Why do we work? To be compensated for performing a service that others value. It is "trade." Is it not

• 6 of 18

  by Holle Abee

  Created on: March 26, 2008

  As a retired teacher, I have always supported merit pay. Teachers who perform well and go the extra

• 7 of 18

  by T Means

  Created on: March 30, 2011

  Can Merit Based Pay Work in the Field of Education?

  The concept of merit based pay or pay for performance

• 8 of 18

  by Tom Koecke

  Created on: July 21, 2007

  I have heard it said, "teachers are glorified babysitters." I fully agree with that statement.

  We give

• 9 of 18

  by P.D. Rivers

  Created on: April 22, 2011   Last Updated: April 23, 2011

  Yes, public school teachers should get merit pay. If teachers were paid on the value of the education

• 10 of 18

  by LaToya S

  Created on: September 08, 2008

  Merit pay is a pay scale paid to teachers based on performance rather than tenure. I say yes to merit

• 11 of 18

  by Bob Bob

  Created on: June 22, 2007

  I think teachers should get paid on merit as a bonus as the end of the year or at the end up semesters.

• 12 of 18

  by Paul Biedler

  Created on: February 12, 2008

  Merit pay, inarguably, is the best solution to properly compensate educators. Teachers who are better

• 13 of 18

  by Evelyn Guy

  Created on: August 11, 2007

  Being a public school teacher that supports merit pay, I am not always viewed in a positive light. However,

• 14 of 18

  by Nathan Breck

  Created on: September 01, 2007

  Teachers are the most catastrophically underpaid people in American society. That's a fundamental premise

• 15 of 18

  by Olivia Bredbenner

  Created on: July 22, 2007   Last Updated: November 07, 2007

  Of course our public school teachers should get merit pay. They should be challenged to meet the highest

• 16 of 18

  by Max Gallo

  Created on: July 06, 2007

  If you cut me do I not bleed? If you hurt me do I not cry? If you bill do I not have to pay? Or do get

• 17 of 18

  by Tj Lee

  Created on: March 18, 2010

  I believe that teachers should receive merit pay.  The idea of merit pay, which has been around

• 18 of 18

  by Maxwell Cynn

  Created on: May 26, 2007   Last Updated: September 02, 2008

  Yes, teachers should get merit pay.

  It is a basic principle of a capitalist society that those who excel