Bill Gates: End teacher bonuses based on master's degrees and seniority

Re:Bill Gates: End teacher bonuses based on master's degrees... by JshWright on Saturday November 20, 2010 @04:31PM (#1925384)

It would suck for the folks who paid tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege to teach in states like New York where a graduate degree is mandatory for public school teachers.

It's going to take almost two decades for the master's "bonus" to cover the cost of my wife's graduate degree.

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Re:Bill Gates: End teacher bonuses based on master's degrees... by jonknee on Saturday November 20, 2010 @06:01PM (#1925630)

Well if the degree was worthwhile, they will get the bonuses for doing well and still be OK. Otherwise what are we paying for?

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Re:Bill Gates: End teacher bonuses based on master's degrees... by JshWright on Sunday November 21, 2010 @07:20AM (#1926958)

Bonuses for doing well? That's crazy... (and not an option under the current system)

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Re:Bill Gates: End teacher bonuses based on master's degrees... by adamsmith on Saturday November 20, 2010 @04:56PM (#1925439)

If times were good and budgets were flush you can be sure reform proponents would suggest using the excess capital to grandfather the old systems in and support the new ones.

However, that's not the case we're in right now. That doesn't mean it won't change in the future. It's also possible (likely?) that reformers' strategy for lean times will be less successful than the strategy for times of excess. Only time will tell!

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Re:Bill Gates: End teacher bonuses based on master's degrees... by alphaoverlord on Saturday November 20, 2010 @05:20PM (#1925513)

If a graduate degree is mandatory, why is there a bonus? Can't they raise the base?

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Re:Bill Gates: End teacher bonuses based on master's degrees... by JshWright on Sunday November 21, 2010 @07:18AM (#1926955)

Beats me. There is definitely a column on the pay scale for a graduate degree though.

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Re:Bill Gates: End teacher bonuses based on master's degrees... by danteembermage on Saturday November 20, 2010 @05:58PM (#1925621)

Hence the scare quotes on bonus I think

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Re:Bill Gates: End teacher bonuses based on master's degrees... by robryan on Saturday November 20, 2010 @11:35PM (#1926314)

Surely there are other benefits of the masters degree over the small amount of additional annual wage?

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