Published: 09-16-08
Four Texas school districts featured in case studies on implementation
AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation will release a major research report on teacher incentive pay at its September 16th Policy Primer “Incentive Pay: Attracting & Rewarding Excellence.”
Public schools in Texas are struggling to attract and keep the best and brightest teachers in the classroom. In an effort to reverse this trend school districts across the state are experimenting with the free market idea of strategic and performance-based compensation.
Foundation education policy analyst Brooke Terry will publicly release her new report “Paying for Results: Examining Incentive Pay in Texas” at the September 16th Policy Primer. She will also moderate a discussion on the philosophy implementation and results of Texas incentive pay models. The panelists will include:
• Sen. Florence Shapiro - Chair Senate Education Committee
• Jerel Booker - Texas Education Agency
• Keith Bryant - Former Superintendent Lamesa ISD
• Richard Kouri - Texas State Teachers Association
The Policy Primer will begin at 11:50 a.m. on Tuesday September 16th at the Foundation’s headquarters in Austin. A complimentary lunch will be provided.
WHAT: Policy Primer – “Incentive Pay: Attracting & Rewarding Excellence”
WHEN: Tuesday September 16 2008
Registration and lunch at 11:30 a.m. program at 11:50 a.m.
WHERE: Texas Public Policy Foundation
900 Congress Avenue Suite 400 (Austin)
About the Texas Public Policy Foundation: TPPF is a non-profit free-market research institute based in Austin Texas.
About Brooke Terry: Ms. Terry is an education policy analyst at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
