http://www.showmepolicypulse.org/news/2009/03/ladue-remodeling-performance-pay-system/ Market Solutions for Missouri Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:36:33 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.showmepolicypulse.org/news/2009/03/ladue-remodeling-performance-pay-system/comment-page-1/#comment-70 As Starting Gun Sounds, Is Missouri Ready to Run the Race to the Top? | Children’s Education Alliance of Missouri Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:37:54 +0000 http://www.showmepolicypulse.org/news/?p=239#comment-70 [...] All of these programs seem to be on the right track by requiring reforms that benefit students and their families which begs the question, is Missouri ready to run the Race to the Top?  As of the date of this posting, the state barely hits on some of the major reforms that President Obama and Secretary Duncan have stressed in order to have an advantage when applying for the funds.  The only semblance of a merit pay program that the state legislature has passed was in Senate Bill 291 during the 2009 session, but it is limited to only the St. Louis Public School district and still must be funded by the 2010 budget.  The Ladue School District is the only district in the state that has self implemented a performance ... [...] [...] All of these programs seem to be on the right track by requiring reforms that benefit students and their families which begs the question, is Missouri ready to run the Race to the Top?  As of the date of this posting, the state barely hits on some of the major reforms that President Obama and Secretary Duncan have stressed in order to have an advantage when applying for the funds.  The only semblance of a merit pay program that the state legislature has passed was in Senate Bill 291 during the 2009 session, but it is limited to only the St. Louis Public School district and still must be funded by the 2010 budget.  The Ladue School District is the only district in the state that has self implemented a performance … [...]

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