Merit pay is in no way in the best interest of the teachers. It is in the best interest of a small number of good teachers, but detrimental in the aggregate. The union would ruin the quality of education long before thy would gladly embrace this sort of system. Sad, but that's politics. What's even sadder is that most teachers are on board with union policy. Wouldn't we all love to eliminate our annual review and hide behind the curtain of "creative freedom". ok, my rant is about done now
