There is no shortage of finger-pointing in education, as many worry that some students are still being left behind. Texas teacher Susan Creighton wrote in a Dallas Morning News commentary that adding competition to the educational job track would improve teaching performances. School districts should reward excellent performance with promotion or bonuses, just as the corporate world does, she said.
Creighton wrote: “In order for teaching to become a profession of prestige and respect in our society, we teachers need to be held accountable for the effectiveness of our teaching, in return for which we need to be rewarded with a respectable living wage commensurate with our performance.â€
