Some ideas in education just keep getting recycled. Merit pay is one and the Mackinac Center’s recent forum to generate enthusiasm for public-private partnerships for merit pay didn’t really offer up anything new.
Because MEA members volunteered extensively, contributed generously and, most of all, turned out to vote in record numbers, 93 of 103 MEA-recommended candidates were elected on Tuesday, Nov. 4. Stay tuned about how you can help these elected friends of public education ensure Michigan's students have the public schools they need to prepare for 21st century jobs.