I call bull crap on the faculty being rewarded according to their performance. You have to go way, way back in time for that to be the case. Ever since teachers became unionized they received pay based on a union contract, not on their abilities or effort. If you want to fix education, you need to address the root causes. The unions need to be outlawed and anyone with an Ed degree should be banned from teaching.
One does not need to ignore the principle of free association to correct the disaster of national unions. All that is truly needed is to correct the NRLA to remove its protections against targeting unions for monopolistic behavior. That always was an abomination of "equal protection." Making unions competitve in the business of supplying skilled labor would accomplish many of the goals associated with school choice.
As to the "Ed degree," the biggest problem is the lack of accountability for accreditation of college degrees. IMO it would be better to demand an enforceable and insured guarantee from anyone granting certification.
on most school district websites you can find a published pay scale.
Salary is established for years of experience as the only determining factor.
It is also predetermined what one's salary will be next year - whether you are Teacher of the year or you phoned it in every day.
merit - schmerit
We had two in our family, before all the estrangements that they caused.
School choice can break the back of our sexual weirdo corrupt public school system. And it can do the same to the commie school teacher’s unions.