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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:13 AM Original message |
Dodd Swipes Obama on latter's support for "Merit Pay" for Teachers |
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montanacowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
1. Obama is dead wrong on this |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I agree |
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Ethelk2044 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
62. Obama is correct and if Dodd would have read Obama's Speech he would agree |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:27 PM Response to Reply #62 |
67. How about quoting his speech? |
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NewYorkerfromMass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #62 |
104. Good defense |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
2. Oh, is he "cleverly triangulating?" Or does he have an idea that he thinks will work? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Hope that's what he means |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Probably both, just like Bill Clinton in the 90's |
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Ethelk2044 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
64. What is wrong with Merit Pay. Don't we all get Merit increases on Our Jobs |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:30 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. No. Merit pay is different |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:37 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. I thought you said Obama hasn't released the details yet. |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:39 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. How is that relevant to post #68? |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:42 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. Calling you on "details" that haven't been released. |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:50 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Wrong. The difference between tenure and merit pay are well-known |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 06:50 PM Response to Reply #68 |
110. So, you're saying that after he works with the teachers and the teachers' unions |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 08:41 PM Response to Reply #110 |
112. The problems with merit pay are so fundamental that no self-styled political wizard can make it work |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
3. I tend to agree with Dodd |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. He probably means what Bush* meant when he did the same thing |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. A good politician |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:49 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. This is straight from their policy |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:15 AM Response to Reply #11 |
26. Did you listen? |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:18 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. His "own plan" will be just like W's plan and Jeb Bush's plan |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:19 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. So you're a prophet now? |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:24 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Ignorance is bliss. Learn what "merit pay" is before talking about it |
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jsamuel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:24 AM Response to Reply #26 |
34. if Obama is going to use their language, he has to redefine it |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:30 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. He isn't going to redefine a 300 year old concept |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:30 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Well he did |
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jsamuel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:31 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. those are incentives and not what he means by merit pay |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:34 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. YES IT IS |
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jsamuel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:42 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. there is already a name for that and they are called incentives |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:47 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Exactly. If he was redefining a 300 year old concept he would have said it |
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Hard_Work (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #44 |
100. Reading is Fundamental |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 03:11 PM Response to Reply #100 |
101. Reading is Fundamental |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 02:00 AM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Go to the NEA site |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 11:58 AM Response to Reply #46 |
55. Now you are trying to tell people the NEA suddenly supports "merit pay"? |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:40 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. You are correct. Sandnsea does not know what "merit pay" is |
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Ethelk2044 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
72. Does your job pay you just for the Hell off it. NO you have to earn your pay just |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:52 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. That is not merit pay |
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Ethelk2044 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 06:26 PM Response to Reply #75 |
108. You must not know what Merit Pay is. They should have to earn it. |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 08:42 PM Response to Reply #108 |
113. I know what it is. I have seen the damage * did with it in the federal workforce |
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jsamuel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
7. Teachers HATE merit pay and that is what Obama is advertising. |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. How about "merit pay" for the senate, where Obama works? |
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rufus dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
12. someone needs to explain this to me |
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jsamuel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:53 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. ask a teacher about merit pay and they will tell you why |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:03 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. See post 8. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
14. I don't see anything wrong |
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jsamuel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. the devil is in the details |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:57 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I have asked teachers |
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jsamuel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:58 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. wow... I guess practically every teacher at the NEA is a "bad teacher" |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:10 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Why isn't he proposing "merit pay" for the senate? |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:14 AM Response to Reply #17 |
25. I was being sarcastic |
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jsamuel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:17 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. THAT IS TOTALLY UNTRUE |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:49 AM Response to Reply #25 |
97. Bullshit. |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 12:16 PM Response to Reply #97 |
98. I agree. Thanks for sharing your unique insight on this education issue! nt |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:06 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Who decides? |
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jsamuel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:08 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. It is a disaster in Florida (48th in Ed) under Jeb Bush |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:11 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Jeb too? The Bushes sure love "merit pay" |
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jsamuel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:12 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. He was just using it to destroy the system so they could justify school vouchers |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 07:25 AM Response to Reply #16 |
51. Here is why so many teachers are opposed to merit pay |
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elizm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 06:55 PM Response to Reply #51 |
77. BUT... |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. There is no fair way to measure merit. That is one of the key objections to this 300 year old idea |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:04 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Sure, the principle is fine but the reality is far worse than the nice theory |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:17 AM Response to Reply #14 |
28. It's bad union policy |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:22 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Mitt Romney proposed a similar scheme while governor of Massachusetts |
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rufus dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
31. Agree guidelines are needed |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:28 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. It is a nice theory but never works. It is a 300 year old "magic bullet" |
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rufus dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:36 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Different people have different objectives |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:44 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. "Merit pay" is a 300 year old, basic concept |
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rufus dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:55 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. If that is the definition |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:05 PM Response to Reply #45 |
56. That is the 300 year old definition |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
47. Your post leaves out the link to the philly.com article |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 02:17 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Also omits wild standing ovation |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:19 PM Response to Reply #48 |
58. It is disingenous to try to claim the NEA suddenly supports merit pay |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:16 PM Response to Reply #47 |
57. The NEA does not support merit pay, whether Obama, Bushes, or Romney propose it |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 01:21 AM Response to Reply #57 |
80. In response to: "How about telling us what you intend to do now?" |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 01:46 AM Response to Reply #80 |
87. He is asking to be given the most powerful position in the world |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 06:45 AM Response to Original message |
49. Obama supports across the board pay increases for teachers |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:21 PM Response to Reply #49 |
60. Did you support it when *, Jeb Bush, and Romney did the same thing? |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 06:45 AM Response to Reply #60 |
105. how do you know its the exact same thing |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 02:21 PM Response to Reply #105 |
106. The concept is the same |
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eweaver155 (218 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
50. Obama is Correct. Their Pay should be based on Merit. |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 07:53 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. How do you define merit? This is actually the biggest issue when you talk about merit pay. |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:24 PM Response to Reply #53 |
63. Exactly. That is why it never works |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 01:30 AM Response to Reply #53 |
81. Obama recognizes these problems, that's why he wants to work with the NEA to solve it |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 01:48 AM Response to Reply #81 |
88. That is false. There is no solution to this 300 year old idea. Teachers know this |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 01:56 AM Response to Reply #88 |
90. Agree to disagree |
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maximusveritas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
52. Dodd should have actually read Obama's speech before criticizing |
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Ethelk2044 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:21 PM Response to Reply #52 |
61. I agree |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:26 PM Response to Reply #52 |
65. How about explaining how BO addressed merit pay? |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
54. Obama is either naive or doesn't care to understand how things work in the workplace. (nt) |
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Ethelk2044 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:20 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. Obama is not Naive. He understands that the status quo needs to change |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:40 PM Response to Reply #59 |
71. Thanks for channeling Jeb Bush |
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Ethelk2044 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 06:52 PM Response to Reply #71 |
111. Your Welcome! |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:26 PM Response to Reply #54 |
66. I agree |
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rufus dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 04:48 PM Response to Reply #66 |
76. It is likely he does |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 01:35 AM Response to Reply #66 |
83. I'm sure that if his staff aren't preforming as well as they should be |
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LaPera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
79. I too agree with Dodd on this. |
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snowbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
82. Doddsie Woddsie sounds worried... |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 01:38 AM Response to Reply #82 |
84. He should be--as most teachers will be once word spreads about Obama's position |
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snowbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 01:42 AM Response to Reply #84 |
85. Rock on OBAMA !!!!!!!!!!! |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 01:45 AM Response to Reply #84 |
86. Yes |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 01:55 AM Response to Reply #86 |
89. It is a winner because this Republican championed idea sounds good |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 01:57 AM Response to Reply #89 |
91. Your arguments aren't very powerful |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 02:03 AM Response to Reply #91 |
92. And yours are very powerful? |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 02:08 AM Response to Reply #92 |
93. yes |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 02:22 AM Response to Reply #93 |
94. 50% of senators are sub-average senators too |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 04:17 PM Response to Reply #93 |
103. All fields except teaching hardly include "merit pay" |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 08:45 PM Response to Reply #103 |
114. What you support are incentives, not merit pay |
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Ethelk2044 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 06:28 PM Response to Reply #89 |
109. It is a good idea because the teachers who are not performing should be held accountable. |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 04:04 PM Response to Reply #86 |
102. Here are some questions |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 02:12 PM Response to Reply #84 |
99. DMC... |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 02:43 AM Response to Original message |
95. I agree with Dodd |
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calteacherguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 02:45 AM Response to Original message |
96. I will not vote for him because of this. nt |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
107. As a teacher, I can say merit pay is a poor policy. Why? Who or what determines merit? |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 08:47 PM Response to Reply #107 |
115. Great post, thanks for sharing your professional insight on this matter |
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