DC teachers opt for pay for performance

The Washington Post reports that the teachers union in the nation’s capital has approved a new contract that expands Chancellor Michelle Rhee’s ability to remove weak teachers, placing the DC school system on a growing list of places like Colorado and New York that are letting things like classroom results, not seniority, determine how much teachers get paid.

Meanwhile, in Kentucky, thanks to our School Based Decision Making school governance model and other outdated ideas, teachers, not district leaders, are in the driver’s seat. In Kentucky, teacher seniority rather than performance still rules statewide.