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Merit-pay bill deserved Crist’s veto
- 04-19-2010
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Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess
Following up on the veto by Florida Gov. Charlie Crist of a merit-pay plan: The Educated Guess doesn’t know much about the politics of Florida’s U.S. Senate race, in which Crist, a Republican, is apparently trailing. Some, like the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal, speculate that Crist vetoed the merit-pay bill that Republicans jammed through the legislature, because he plans to run as an Independent and wants to cater to teachers. I know only that Crist showed good judgment. The two elements of the Florida bill – pay for performance and tenure reform – are critical to pursue in California as in Florida. But they must be adopted thoughtfully, in collaboration with teachers. In Florida, they were imposed hastily in calculated pursuit of additional points for the state’s Race to the Top application. (more...)
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