01-29-2016, 09:33 PM
Bent Wrote:That depends on your state. In Kentucky teachers get bonuses tied to testing performance.
So if you phone it in, you (most likely) aren't making your bonus.
I don't care for it though as it leads to most teachers teaching to the test. My son is in gifted classes, he's very smart at math and sciences. But he couldn't tell you where Nebraska is or half the state capitals. He has no understanding of history and only a basic knowledge of the big events. He can conjugate verbs all day long, but he couldn't tell you what iambic pentameter is part of.
Yeah we get bonus in Florida as well. But it's not enough to make you feel good about the bad 24th year teacher who watches movies 3 days a week make the same as the teacher who comes up with creative lesson plans and finds new ways to challenge their students .
