Wow, I just read an article in Politico over lunch (a nice Reuben sandwich, if you must know) about Barack Obama and education that kind of floored me.He's talking openly about wanting to explore charter schools and some kind of merit pay for teachers.
For a Democratic Presidential candidate, by my recollection, this is kind of a big deal. He's just taking a wiz right on the third rail for the NEA and other "education" groups.
Personally I've always been a little offended by their strong aversion to trying things like paying for performance, but what do I know...Teachers must be the only people in the world who believe that their on-the-job performace is imperfectly measured. The rest of us dolts just create widgets and get payed exactly accurately for what we do.
This can be seen as nothing but a serious move for those disenchanted GOP voters who have been hearing about this Barack guy and just need a good reason to go over and vote for him.
If nothing else, cheers to Obama for what could be the play of the month!
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