At Charter School, Higher Teacher Pay

The New York Times ^ | March 7, 2008 | Elissa Gootman

[Amelia]

A New York City charter school set to open in 2009 in Washington Heights will test one of the most fundamental questions in education: Whether significantly higher pay for teachers is the key to improving schools.

The school, which will run from fifth to eighth grades, is promising to pay teachers $125,000, plus a potential bonus based on schoolwide performance. That is nearly twice as much as the average New York City public school teacher earns, roughly two and a half times the national average teacher salary and higher than the base salary of all but the most senior teachers in the most generous districts nationwide.

The school’s creator and first principal, Zeke M. Vanderhoek, contends that high salaries will lure the best teachers. He says he wants to put into practice the conclusion reached by a growing body of research: that teacher quality — not star principals, laptop computers or abundant electives — is the crucial ingredient for success.

[M0sby]

In our family...the US Marine does HIS JOB..and the teacher does hers.
Both respect the other.

Any questions?

[Styria]

Bwahahahaha!! Well, my affection is always for Fran Murphy as the superintendent. Visit his house, play chess, family friend, etc. He and his wife came over for leftovers from an Indian dinner my dad cooked (someone had won it in one of those fund raiser auctions). We compared whether our arms were longer from fingertip to fingertip than we were tall. I think I still have that, so gangly. =)