Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard made a serious error of judgement when she jumped on the performance-based pay for teachers bandwagon.
Parading under false banners such as "lifting the status of the teaching profession" and "boosting students' results", "teaching quality" once again raised its head at this week's first meeting of state and federal education ministers since the election of the Rudd Government.
Gillard, like many others, just doesn't get it. Implementing teacher pay schemes that are associated with merit will not enhance the teaching profession. Competitive, cut-throat, eat-your-enemies approaches to paying teachers cannot sit squarely with a profession that is based on co-operation.
Friday, 18 April 2008
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