Education is NOT Business, or: Why Vouchers and Merit Pay Won’t Work
“School systems traditionally have been paying the best teacher the same amount as we pay the worst teacher, based on the number of years they have been teaching,” Saavedra said. “It doesn’t make sense that we would pay the best what we’re paying the worst. That’s why it’s going to change.”Huston Schools Superintendent Abe Saavedra
Okay, let’s explain why EDUCATION is different than MAKING A PROFIT.
Unlike good business owners, good teachers — and especially the best teachers — are not motivated primarily by profit. So paying more money to the best ones WON’T WORK. They will not teach any better, nor will they work any harder. Also, paying the worst ones less WON’T MAKE THEM GO AWAY. They will simply continue to minimize their workloads and whine about how hard they work.
So let’s explain this to the Adam Smith crowd: Teachers are not normal economic actors. […]
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