Teacher ‘bonuses’ fraught w/error

A report tracking $16.7 million in teacher “leadership premiums” — compiled by the State Department of Education and presented to two legislative committees — is fraught with math errors.The report came under some harsh scrutiny in the House Education Committee Thursday morning. A State Department of Education official acknowledged the errors in the report, but said it was impractical to doublecheck the schools’ math. Leadership premiums are a form of salary bonuses the Legislature approved in 2014 to reward teachers and staffers who go above and beyond their normal job duties/ Kevin Richert , Idaho Education News. More here. (IENews photo: Senate Education Committee Chairman Dean Mortimer, left, and House Education Committee Chairman Reed DeMordaunt)

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