Many Texas school districts are choosing to create their own incentive pay programs at the local level. Initial studies find improved teacher morale, higher student test scores, higher state accountability rankings, and less teacher turnover as a result of Texas’ pay-for-performance programs.
Public Schools Plead Poverty—What Do the Numbers Say?
Public Schools Plead Poverty—What Do the Numbers Say? We are less than nine months away from the start of the 89th Texas Legislature, and public-school elites and special interest have already started to claim that our public education system is underfunded. Facing a $60 million budget deficit, Austin ISD Superintendent Matias Segura said that the...