Another Step For Gates: Performance Pay

Gates-watchers will be interested to note that he included performance pay as a key reform element in an AP interview published today (Bill Gates says U.S. education system needs work). According to the piece, Gates said "'It's astonishing to me to have a system that doesn't allow us to pay more for someone with scarce abilities, that doesn't allow us to pay more to reward strong performance,' he said. 'That is tantamount to saying teacher talent and performance don't matter and that's basically saying students don't matter.'"