Performance Pay

Our schools are hurting. Our children will be affected forever. Our lives will be affected by this in one way or another. One idea floating around is to create more incentives to attract better teachers. The teachers are the ones that shape and mold our children—don’t you want the best? Performance pay can help in this area. Granted, some teachers do not care much about money, but it never hurts. Additionally, it can attract even better people to the field. It can also weed out the teachers that are not doing a good job. It will help keep the best teachers around! High turnover rates in the schools are bad news, especially when the ones leaving are the best teachers. If we offer them incentives to stick around, maybe our children can get the best education that they deserve.