In AP effort, students soar – and teachers unions flunk

The Boston Globe ran an editorial this past week taking the Massachusetts Teachers Association to task over their opposition to an Exxon funded program to “train, recruit, and reward” teachers of AP classes. Milton is mentioned in the editorial as dropping out of the program.

from The Boston Globe

TEACHERS UNIONS see red on the subject of merit pay. But the results released yesterday on a bold education experiment suggest that paying teachers for performance helps in preparing students for college-level work. (You can read the full editorial here.)

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