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Updated: 6:33 PM Oct 2, 2006
Some Schools Reject Incentive Grants
Some Texas schools are rejecting state grants intended to reward teachers for high test scores in low income areas.
Posted: 10:30 PM Oct 2, 2006 |
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(October 2, 2006)--A handful of Texas schools are rejecting thousands of dollars in state money intended to reward teachers for high test scores in low-income areas.
Teachers have resisted the merit-pay program that was approved in May.
At least 21 schools plan to send back the grants.
Teachers say they worry about tying the bonuses primarily to scores on the TAKS, which is already used to grade school performance and determine whether students in some grades should be promoted.
Bea Cantu, the principal at Bellaire Elementary School in Hurst, says teachers worried about the time it would take to fill out the required paperwork.
Teacher Tammy Woods says some also felt that not everyone who worked to accomplish the goals would be rewarded.
But most of the more than 1,100 schools awarded the grants expect to use the money for merit programs.
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