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President Barack Obama supports merit pay for teachers but believes teachers' pay should be increased based on performance tests, not arbitrary tests. He wishes to work with the National Education Association (NEA) to find a new system to get rid of performance pay.
Pay-for-Performance is a method of employee motivation meant to improve performance in the United States federal government by offering incentives such as salary increases, bonuses, and benefits. It is a similar concept to Merit Pay for public teachers and it follows basic models from Performance-related Pay in the private sector.
In December 2010, President Obama issued executive order 13561 [3] carrying out a two-year federal employee pay freeze. [4] Two years later, on December 27, 2012, he issued a new order, Executive Order #13635, which would end the pay freeze and give civilian federal employees a 0.5% raise in 2013. [2]
Obama's officials ushered in a period of significant change to K-12 programs, helping and even pushing states to adopt education policies unions opposed.
President Barack Obama urged House lawmakers to pass a $26 billion jobs bill Tuesday morning in an effort to push through a key component of his election-year economic agenda. House Speaker Nancy ...
Jim Watson, AFP/Getty ImagesPresident Obama delivers remarks during a commemoration last year of the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act. President Barack Obama will sign two executive orders ...
In a July 2007 address to the National Education Association, Obama supported merit pay for teachers, to be based on standards to be developed "with teachers". [223] Obama also called for higher pay for teachers. [223] Obama's plan is estimated to cost $18 billion annually and was originally planned to be partially funded by delaying NASA's ...
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