TIME Article on Teaching

I just read this article on "How to Make Great Teachers" in TIME Magazine. It's got some pretty interesting ideas, and discusses the controversy of giving bonuses based on test-scores and other ways of determining the quality of the teacher.

Here's the end of the article:

" It's a good goal for an entire nation in need of better-quality teaching. As U.S. school districts embark on hundreds of separate experiments involving merit pay, some lessons seem clear. If the country wants to pay teachers like professionals—according to their performance, rather than like factory workers logging time on the job—it has to provide them with other professional opportunities, like the chance to grow in the job, learn from the best of their peers, show leadership and have a voice in decision-making, including how their work is judged. Making such changes would require a serious investment by school districts and their taxpayers. But it would reinvigorate a noble profession. "

Here's the link to the article