From the San Francisco Chronicle: The
Obama administration unveiled plans Wednesday to create an elite corps
of master teachers, a $1 billion effort to boost U.S. students'
achievement in science, technology, engineering and math.
The program to reward high-performing teachers with salary stipends is part of a long-term effort by President Barack Obama
to encourage education in high-demand areas that hold the key to future
economic growth — and to close the achievement gap between American
students and their international peers.
Teachers
selected for the Master Teacher Corps will be paid an additional
$20,000 a year and must commit to participate multiple years. The goal
is to create a multiplier effect in which expert educators share their
knowledge and skills with other teachers, improving the quality of
education for all students.
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Obama-proposes-1B-for-science-math-teachers-3714296.php
President Obama just said that Math and Science teachers are more important than any other teacher in the classrooms and that is wrong. While math and science are important, are they more important than reading and English teachers? Are they more important than shop teachers or Special Ed. teachers?
Another problem, because of union contracts, most science and math teachers won't see the money as their salaries are set and most unions will not allow the extra money to be paid to the math and science teachers for the reason listed above.
So, once again, Obama makes a fool of himself and is going to cause class warfare in the classrooms. Way to go genius.
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