https://reuther.wayne.edu/taxonomy/term/177 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/3761 <p>Al Shanker comments on the Senate's investigation into math and science education in America. Because of students' low performance in these areas, the Senate was considering legislation to improve the situation. Shanker offers AFT's thoughts on what this legislation should accomplish. <span class='read-more'><a href="https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/3761" target="_blank"><strong>&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</strong></a></span></p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/3761#comments American Federation of Teachers Educational Legislation Inservice Teacher Education Mathematics Instruction Science Instruction Shanker, Albert Teacher Recruitment Teacher Shortage Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:13:00 -0500 jruss 3761 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/3760 <p>Al Shanker is interviewed along with Paul Salmon, head of the American Association of School Administrators, and Virginia Koehler, from Parents United for Full Funding, a parent group in Washington, D.C. The topic is merit pay for teachers. Koehler is in favor of tying teacher evaluations to merit pay, and is pushing for a measure to enact this. Shanker discusses why he thinks merit pay won't work, arguing that what teachers really need to improve the quality of education is greater support. Salmon agrees with Shanker for the most part, but sees some benefits to merit pay.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/3760#comments American Federation of Teachers Incentives Inservice Teacher Education Lehrer, James MacNeil, Robert, 1931- Merit Pay Richardson, Virginia, 1940- Salmon, Paul Shanker, Albert Teacher Effectiveness Teacher Evaluation Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:27:17 -0500 jruss 3760 at https://reuther.wayne.edu