Tag: teacher compensation

This is the first in our two-part series on school funding. In “Making the Case for Teacher Compensation as an Imperative Policy Issue,” Nikki Cohron discusses the lack of teacher voice in policy, teacher compensation disparities and the relationship between salary, recruitment, and retention. In the second article, Frank Ayata will zoom in on the

In 2007, Portland Educational Association and Portland Public Schools in Maine negotiated a new salary schedule, designed to promote teacher professional learning and increase their lifetime earnings. This “Professional Learning Based Salary Schedule” (PLBSS) is a departure from the traditional single salary schedule. Instead of rewarding teachers for “growing older and getting another degree” (interview,