These columns have always been fans of merit pay. Pay for performance, bonus pay, merit pay--whatever you want to call it--has always worked. For example, take ... . almost any industry. But merit pay ...

Last year, Arkansas did something it had not done in the more than two decades I have worked in K-12 education: It gave additional pay to teachers who helped their students learn the most. This ...

Bruce Lear lives in Sioux City. He has been connected to public schools for 38 years. Imagine a basketball team where players are paid a bonus per basket, rebound, or steal. Would the five players ...

Washington Township’s embattled superintendent has been fighting for a more than $27,000 bonus. The school board has repeatedly voted to deny merit pay to Superintendent Eric Hibbs, making it the ...