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| Yes | 68% | 342 votes | Total: 502 votes | |
| No | 32% | 160 votes |
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by Paul Biedler
Merit pay, inarguably, is the best solution to properly compensate educators. Teachers who are better skilled should get better pay. That definition of "better" can be arbitra...read more
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by Evelyn Guy
Being a public school teacher that supports merit pay, I am not always viewed in a positive light. However, I feel that there are certain standards good teachers should adhere ...read more
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Of course our public school teachers should get merit pay. They should be challenged to meet the highest standards and to think out of the box and they are entitled to be recogn...read more
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by Tom Koecke
I have heard it said, "teachers are glorified babysitters." I fully agree with that statement. We give them our babies, they sit them, and we should hope they earn our glory....read more
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by Lyman Stone
Teachers are the most catastrophically underpaid people in American society. That's a fundamental premise for my arguement, that teachers are underpaid. A teacher's pay, I think...read more
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by Chris Scott
The teaching profession is one that has tremendous influence upon us all in modern society. We all have had the occasional bad teacher who dampened our interest in a certain sub...read more
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Teachers don't have just any job. To choose a career in education is to choose one of the most vitally important jobs on the planet. The fact that they are also criminally und...read more
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by Bob Bob
I think teachers should get paid on merit as a bonus as the end of the year or at the end up semesters. I believe some teachers slack off a bit and don't bother as much with the...read more
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by J.M. Schell
Why Should Teachers be Any Different From Other Professionals? Those opposed to paying teachers in the same fashion most other professionals are paid can typically be counted...read more
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Why do we work? To be compensated for performing a service that others value. It is "trade." Is it not a cultural paradigm that we are paid more for what we do well or less f...read more
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by Max Gallo
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 an exemption or a discount because I am a teacher? Do pigs fly? While t...read more
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by Holle Abee
As a retired teacher, I have always supported merit pay. Teachers who perform well and go the extra mile to instruct their students effectively and find innovative methods that ...read more
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by Maxwell Cynn
Yes, teachers should get merit pay. It is a basic principle of a capitalist society that those who excel are compensated better than those who do not. Free enterprise and cap...read more
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In my opinion teachers deserve the chance to get merit pay. Unless you have a teacher in your family or are one, you have no idea the time and effort they spend in preparing fo...read more
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Teaching is a challenging endeavor for anyone to undertake. Anyone who has struggled to impart a lesson onto another realizes the trials that a teacher goes through daily, time...read more
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Heck they should get _hazard_ pay. I was just watching a special on one of the major networks about three separate recent attacks on teachers in the classroom - by students. O...read more
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The problem with our society is even having to debate over the wages of the most important people we employ in this country. Should public school teachers get merit pay? Ho...read more
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I respect teachers the most, but the last thing I would want to be is a public school teacher. Their job is worse than being an air traffic controller. Here's why. Teach...read more
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The question is should Our Teachers receive Merit Pay? And heck yes is the answer to that. I am a 22year old student and if you have looked at all the things that has happen wit...read more
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I wonder how it is that athletes, actors, and others who are employed in the entertainment business can make millions of dollars and nobody bats an eyelid, but when a teacher lo...read more
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Merit pay is a joke that undermines the skills and overall function of most teachers. There are so many educators in the public school system whose excellence in the classroom...read more
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Public schools are not structured to effectively utilize a pay for performance model. Unlike a private sector organization, the public school does not have a profitable bottom-l...read more
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Teachers in America are some of the lowest paid among professionals of the same educational background. The vast majority of teachers must have a bachelor's degree in order to ...read more
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Elementary school teachers do not make enough money to compensate them for the critical task they've taken on, but using merit pay to supplement their income is not the answer. ...read more
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by Derek Graff
No. A teacher should not receive pay based on the success of her students. If you want to encourage your teachers, increase their salary altogether. If a teacher will r...read more
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Public school teachers are like any other employees in our society. They are, whether they like it or not, a part of an economic system which will operate as efficiently as poss...read more
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Merit Pay: Who Gets It? Merit pay for teachers is an idea that has been around for some time. Many states have adopted some form of merit pay to encourage teachers to raise t...read more
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by B. Rock
Wages for our educators are terribly low when compared to other professions. Public school educators should certainly be paid more for their commitment to their students and to...read more
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Of course not! Public school teachers should not get merit pay? Should the government get merit pay? Should doctors or nurses get merit pay? The list could go on and on. Why are...read more
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by Annie Dean
Public teachers should NOT receive merit pay. As a high school teacher, I am very much against this. In the business world, people receive merit pay for numerous achievements,...read more
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by Jerry Curtis
Public school teachers, like any public employee should not receive so-called merit pay, any more than a school janitor should receive a bonus for doing his or her job well. The...read more
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by Mark Hopkins
Merit pay is given in many private sector enterprises and at first glance this may suggest that it is appropriate to public school education too. However, there are good reasons...read more
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by Ann Marlow
I am writing on the 'No' side of this question in regards to merit pay, but I do, however, feel that public school teachers are grossly underpaid. But I'll get to that in a bit...read more
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by Ryan Galer
Some of the writers here are making this debate much more narrow-minded than it needs to be. The issue of merit pay for teachers is about more than whether public employees sho...read more
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by Toni Doswell
No, public school teachers should not be given merit pay. Merit pay suggests that one teacher is better than the others by certain standards. "Whose standards?" I ask. Meri...read more
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In an environment where corruption runs rampant and the haves find ways to ensure their very own will rise above the rest, and those that have not will suffer and fall further ...read more
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The proposal that teachers should be paid according to measurements of student performance is quite ridiculous. I shall address the proposal on three grounds, disparity of stude...read more
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by Avery Smith
No, teachers should not receive merit pay and they are harshly underpaid. For the most part, one who chooses to spend his or her life devoted to teaching is certainly not doing ...read more
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by Fubar
As a retired professional educator from the public school arena, it is my pov that the so-called MERIT PAY is another thing designed to divide any collaborative working environm...read more
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Public school teachers should not receive merit pay. All public school teachers are required to do a certain job. Curriculum is laid out for teachers to follow and all teachers ...read more
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