P.B.S. has a nifty online debate on merit pay for teachers between Dennis Van Roekel, president of the National Education Association and Gary Ritter, associate professor of Education and Public Policy and holder of the Endowed Chair in Education Policy at the University of Arkansas. You can click on each side for respective answers to questions like, “Is merit pay a fair way to assess teacher competency?” And “What effect does a merit pay system have on the full school faculty, especially on those un-rewarded?” No extra points for guessing who promotes what.Labels: merit pay