To understand the money gap between educators and their corporate counterparts, one must examine the entire corporate compensation package: bonuses, stock options, and other perquisites, including health club and country club memberships, free use of company-owned vacation properties, expense accounts, extensive insurance, company cars, and…

In this system, all entry-level salaries are negotiable and there are no fixed salaries for years of service or, with one exception, for educational attainment. All salary increases are across-the-board and calculated on base pay, plus a flat fee for extra duties. (Author/IRT)

Qualified teachers in Houston (Texas) can apply for financial incentives if they teach in curriculum areas or campus locations where critical shortages exist. Teachers are also eligible for stipends if they meet established criteria for teacher attendance, professional growth, and outstanding educational progress. (Author/MLF)

Presents arguments on both sides of the question of offering bonuses to teachers and administrators whose disadvantaged students showed significant increases in test scores. (IRT)

Outlines the legal implications of comparable worth and recent court cases involving equal pay isues. Points out that where jobs are comparable and wages disparate without justification, courts have found employers guilty of wage discrimination. (MD)

The shortage of qualified science and mathematics teachers is expected to increase. Among the remedies are incentive pay (despite unions' reactions against it), increasing funds for teacher training, and retraining and recertification programs that offer financial incentives. (MLF)

By reviewing how a school system establishes salary ranges and job classifications for nonunion employees and then correcting any inequities, school districts can avoid being sued by comparable-worth advocates. (JW)

A Virginia district's voluntary teacher incentive program is credited with rewarding excellent performance, encouraging teacher attendance, and being simple to administer. Requirements include few absences, superior teaching evaluations by principal, good standardized test scores, successful evaluation by outside experts, and completion of course…

Outlines factors that led to success and to failure in merit pay programs for administrators. Briefly describes merit pay programs in several school districts. (IRT)

Describes reasons for potential shortage of college-educated workers. Suggests possible remedies. (PKP)

Approved by the teachers' union, this salary plan features probationary, continuing contract, and career levels. The career level rewards excellence, and eligible teachers must demonstrate involvement in professional activities and receive outstanding evaluation. Instrumental to the program's success is the possibility of appealing evaluations.…

The author's five steps for basing school teacher salaries on position rather than seniority include (1) developing job descriptions, (2) establishing job components for various school positions (such as education and experience), (3) assigning values to these components, (4) tallying point values, and (5) building a salary structure based on…