A Grand Bargain Over Teacher Merit Pay?. Andrew Leigh. I’ve started writing an occasional column in the Australian Financial Review, which will hopefully turn out to be monthly (on non-Quiggin Thursdays). My first is on teacher merit pay. Breaking the Pay Deadlock
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Innovation and the knowledge economy in Australia. The conventional view of the knowledge economy based on high technology industries and frontier technologies, like biotech and nanotechnology, presents an incomplete picture. Don't overlook the significance of low and medium technology industries in services and manufacturing (eg. food processing, transport, financial services, timber and metal products) that are innovative, knowledge-intensive and growing…
Climate scientists: No time to lose.. For the first time, more than 200 of the world's leading climate scientists, losing their patience, urged government leaders to take radical action to slow global warming because "there is no time to lose." [Environmental Health News]
Should public schools be privatised? Day 6. [Introduction] [Day 1] [Day 2] [Day 3] [Day 4] [Day 5] [Day 6] Comments are now open Dear A.N., What a brutal final paragraph! So if I don
States must contribute to major infrastructure projects: Vaile. State governments will be forced to contribute to major infrastructure projects in a bid by the Federal Government to prevent cost overruns. [ABC News: Business Stories]
Andrew Leigh has a rivetting outline and discussion on the merits of "merit pay" and its relationship to policy work on teacher effectiveness. Have a read and engage in the debate. Debating the merits of merit pay. Glenn Rowley and Lawrence Ingvarson have a piece in today’s Age, criticising my recent study on teacher effectiveness. It’s not online, so I’ve…
PM 'considering' carbon trading, rules out tax. Prime Minister John Howard says he is considering how Australia could participate in a carbon trading scheme, but he does not support a carbon tax. [ABC News: Breaking Stories]