Merit and Differential Pay

•  MNEA opposes merit pay and repeal of the salary schedule law.

•  Merit pay, based on student test scores, is a proven failure in districts across the country.

•  Merit pay leads to subjectivity of the compensation process.

•  Merit pay sacrifices the supportive environment of teacher mentoring and collaboration and creates stronger incentives to teach to standardized tests.

•  Merit pay will not recruit more students into teaching.

Further Discussion

•  How would student loan incentives address teacher recruitment challenges?

•  How would that result in more positive outcomes for teachers and students than merit or differential pay?

•  How will merit and differential pay affect parents and students?

We're fighting for them!

•  Missouri NEA promotes a proactive agenda that strengthens public education and public educators for the benefit of Missouri's children.

•  MNEA also continues to lead the fight to defeat the many harmful proposals pushed by out-of-state extremist groups and other opponents of public education.