I stumbled across an article about Idaho's plan to tie teacher bonus pay into parent contact. On one hand, I'm all for experimenting with compensation ideas for teachers (although I think the plans tied to test scores are a bad idea). On the other hand, given that some schools (like mine) include many students who have parents that constantly move, up to four times in a school year, it could be quite hard for some teachers to talk to their students' parents on a regular basis.
The article mentions that many town in Idaho are so small that teachers and parents will run into each other at the grocery store. If only I could be so lucky! One of the benefits of living 25 minutes from school is not seeing my students and their parents when I go shopping!
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