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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A tax rate increase is inevitable unless we want to see the quality of our schools continue to decline.   [/quote]

T[b]oo bad there is no correlation whatsoever between what teachers are paid and the quality of the schools. NEXT.[/quote][/b]

Too bad you sound like a completely uninformed idiot.   NEXT.[/quote]

Inform yourself, idiot. NEXT.

http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/fryer/files/teacher_incentives_and_student_achievement_evidence_from_new_york_city_public_schools.pdf

[quote]Providing financial incentives for teachers to increase student performance is an increasingly popular education policy around the world. I find no evidence that teacher incentives increase student performance, attendance, or graduation, nor do I find any evidence that the incentives change student or teacher behavior. If anything, teacher incentives may decrease student achievement, especially in larger schools.[/quote]

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We're talking about paying teachers at FCPS at a level commensurate with other schools in the area, not incentive increases for good teaching.  You've got to get to acceptable base pay before incentives even come into play.  So that clever bit of research really has little to do with this conversation.  Your time might be better spent contemplating why you feel the teachers who teach kids in one of the highest income area's of the country deserve so little. As others have said, you get what you pay for... at my kid's high school we've already seen plenty of the good teachers leaving.  I expect that will continue.[/quote]

The thing is that it isn't one of the highest income areas of the country anymore. There are pockets that are, but there are also areas that are not wealthy at all.[/quote]

Yes, there are pockets.  But by and large NOVA is a wealthy area.   And people generally are moving here for good jobs, which would put them in the better schools.  Go back and look at the post on this thread that shows how much experienced FCPS teachers make compared to other school districts around here.  It isn't pretty.  And at a certain point people are not going to drive all the way to FCPS to teach here if they can't afford to live in the area.  Why bother when they can stay in PG County, burn less gas and earn more money?[/quote]

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