Word: meritable
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...issue has been whether the white people will take all the goodies. Harvard has decided no.” But others disagree with Harvard’s use of affirmative action. Roger B. Clegg, president and general counsel of the Center for Equal Opportunity, believes in a merit-based system of college admission that does not consider race. In a system where one group is deemed “overrepresented,” such as Asian Americans under current admissions schemes, it is inevitable that other “underrepresented” groups will gain ground, Clegg said. Harvard?...
...Such efforts have been encouraged by the Bush Administration, which in 2006 started a program that awards $99 million a year in grants to districts that link teacher compensation to raising student test scores. Merit pay has also become part of the debate in Congress over how to improve the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), triggering an outcry from teachers' unions, which oppose federal intrusion into how teachers get paid and evaluated. The subject is a touchy one for the Democrats, who count on support from the powerful teachers' unions. Last summer, Barack Obama endorsed merit...
...include signing bonuses for hard-to-fill jobs like teaching high school chemistry, housing allowances ($15,000 in New York City) and what might be called combat pay for teachers who commit to working in the most distressed schools. But the idea gaining the most momentum-and controversy-is merit pay, which attempts to measure the quality of teachers' work and pay teachers accordingly...
...hard to argue against the notion of rewarding the best teachers for doing a good job. But merit pay has a long, checkered history in the U.S., and new programs to pay teachers according to test scores have already backfired in Florida and Houston. What holds more promise is broader efforts to transform the profession by combining merit pay with more opportunities for professional training and support, thoughtful assessments of how teachers do their jobs and new career paths for top teachers. Here's a look at what's really needed to improve teaching in the U.S.-and what just...
...Resource Efficiency Program (REP), you’d expect me to love the recently introduced plan to pilot a trayless-dining night at Quincy House, and I do. But I also have a strong sense of concern regarding the project’s outcome: because it has so much merit, and some potential pitfalls, it really has to be done right, to be understood by students not as a month-long inconvenience, but a practical, tangible step in the service of sustainable living...