Read more teacher pay stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/25599/teacher-pay.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:39:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/52891/obama-to-push-merit-pay-for-teachers-in-schools-plan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a speech today before the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, President Obama will lay out his plan for American schools, reports the Wall Street Journal . Most controversially, the president aims to expand merit pay for teachers, a measure that Democratic teacher unions are traditionally leery of. If teachers develop...http://www.newser.com/story/52891/obama-to-push-merit-pay-for-teachers-in-schools-plan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Mar 2009 7:42:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/47689/how-to-fix-the-education-divide.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmerica is facing its “last great civil-rights battle”: the racial education gap, write Joel I Klein and Al Sharpton in a Wall Street Journal . “Today the average 12th-grade black or Hispanic student has the reading, writing, and math skills of an eighth-grade white student,” they note. But bolstered by Barack...http://www.newser.com/story/47689/how-to-fix-the-education-divide.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Jan 2009 12:43:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/37180/42-would-dump-job-to-teach.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAlmost half—42%—of college-educated adults would consider becoming teachers, the Christian Science Monitor reports.That's good news, since US schools will be on the hunt for 3 million to 5 million teachers by 2020, thanks to rising enrollment and baby boomers who are laying down the chalk. But to...http://www.newser.com/story/37180/42-would-dump-job-to-teach.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 11 Sep 2008 14:15:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36987/obama-runs-to-center-on-education-touts-charters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama will come out today in favor of merit pay for teachers, doubled federal support for charter schools, and other centrist strategies to boost American education, reports Time . In the draft of a speech he's giving in Ohio, Obama warns that teachers who fail to improve will “be replaced,...http://www.newser.com/story/36987/obama-runs-to-center-on-education-touts-charters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 09 Sep 2008 12:04:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21025/nyc-charter-school-to-pay-teachers-125k.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA New York City charter school plans to employ a radical new setup meant to test the value of teacher quality over extras in the educational experience, the New York Time s reports. Though the Equity Project, set to open in 2009, will have large classes and fewer classroom resources,...http://www.newser.com/story/21025/nyc-charter-school-to-pay-teachers-125k.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 07 Mar 2008 18:16:09 CST