Teachers should be paid according to student performances. Teachers that I have encountered on a high school classroom level do not care about the kids and how much they are learning. They only care about the paycheck. Some of my Good teachers are not rewarded. Incompetent teachers are protected. What's best for the kids is not even factored into the equation. It's all about seniority. Nowhere is that more obvious than when lay-offs occur. When …showed first 75 words of 528 total…

…showed last 75 words of 528 total…to get more student learning which is the purpose of our schools is to tie teachers' pay to student learning. In other words, the more students learn, the more the teachers will be paid. And, in fact, where this has been tried it has worked! North Carolina, which offers financial incentives to teachers for improved student learning, has shown the greatest student improvement in math and reading in the nation over the past ten years.