Best and
Brightest Teacher Bonus: This $ 44 million dollar idea which was hidden in an unrelated bill and passed during the 2015 session without a proper hearing or knowledge of many lawmakers provides a $ 10K bonus to teachers based on their teenage SAT scores.
Not exact matches
Leon County School Superintendent Rocky Hanna is applauding a lawsuit against the state's «Best and
Brightest»
teacher bonus program.
Governor Cuomo's plan will give our best
teachers $ 20,000
bonuses, will cover tuition to get the best and
brightest into our classrooms, and will increase funding for all children.
They set aside another $ 214 million for the discriminatory Best and
Brightest bonus in lieu of paying
teachers as professionals.
The quintessential example of ageism in education has to be the «Best and
Brightest»
bonus being given to
teachers this year in Florida.
At issue: whether the state's «Best and
Brightest»
teacher bonus program discriminates against black and Hispanic educators and those over 40.
Teachers have complained the Best and
Brightest program is unfair — it awards
bonuses partly based on standardized test scores — disadvantaging older and minority educators.
Senate Pre-K-12 Education budget chairman David Simmons, R - Altamonte Springs, revealed in February that lawmakers on both sides of the Capitol were interested in expanding the «Best &
Brightest» program so that
teachers could be eligible in more ways than just their SAT / ACT score from high school and so that principals could also qualify for
bonus dollars.