School Information System: Election Day brings victories and setbacks for teachers unions

November 11, 2012

Election Day brings victories and setbacks for teachers unions

Teachers unions scored political victories in several states Tuesday, beating back proposals that ranged from merit pay to school vouchers and unseating a Republican school superintendent with a national reputation for aggressively changing the way teachers are evaluated and compensated.

But the unions also lost several battles, including an attempt to enshrine bargaining rights in the Michigan constitution and to quash proposals to create public charter schools in Washington state and Georgia.

The mixed election results reflect the complexity of a larger national debate about how to improve public education.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at November 11, 2012 3:59 AM
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In the early 1960s,our superintendent of schools was hired ti implement a merit pay system,to my knowledge no merit pay system has proven itself to meet its objectives for a 3 year period-ever,anywhere,in any setting teaching or elsewhere.But,that has not prevented us from periodically attempting to establish them.These attempts encourage teachers to want to be represented by unions from attempts to punish,cut benefits,reward friends etc,The recent Chicago teacher strike was not over money it was over another merit pay scheme.Please document any merit pay system that is currently meeting its objectives for a 3 year period-anywhere in the Country.

Posted by: william p. rowe at November 12, 2012 3:52 AM