Teachers, Education Reform & Incentive Pay

Among the topics right now on Twitter and elsewhere on the web, including the Center for American Progress: younger teachers' views on incentive pay, including a look at Public Agenda's examination of the opinions of Generation Y and older teachers on education reform proposals, working conditions and other issues affecting their effectiveness in the classroom. Our research shows that 71 percent are open to financial incentives for teachers who consistently work harder and put in more time and effort, with 25 percent "strongly" favoring such measures.

For more on this subject, check out Supporting Teacher Talent: The View From Generation Y and Teaching For A Living: How Teachers See The Profession Today, the first two reports in a series of reports funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Joyce Foundation.

Education's a big part of what we do at Public Agenda, in both research and public engagement, where we're active in working with students, teachers, other educators and community leaders to find out how to improve success rates both in K-12 and in higher education. To get involved, check out the Education Insights section of our web site and our many research studies on various aspects of the issue, and follow us on Twitter, where you'll get updates on what's going on in the news and in the education community.