Arne Duncan in Teachers Under Attack!, by Mike Spina

On Education: OpEd: Supports merit pay but it is a politicized process

I can't answer if I think merit pay is good, because I don't know what the merit is based on. If it's based on total community involvement, taking into account the area and the parents and the support of the community itself, that's something else. But if it's going to be based solely on a standardized score, I don't know. If you leave it up to individuals, then you're just leaving it open to corruption. I just think there's too many ways to bastardize the system.

This is coming out of Education Secretary Duncan's office, too. And it has been proven many times that it doesn't work. It destroys the integrity of the profession within the school building. It's very divisive in its nature. It doesn't encourage harmony and cooperation. It flies against that philosophy. They say it does, but it doesn't. Talk to school systems that have it; colleges have it. It becomes a very politicized process.

Source: Teachers Under Attack!, by Mike Spina, p.53-54 Feb 17, 2011

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