But he also speaks eloquently about introducing more merit pay and creating more charter schools.
Microsoft Thursday announced it would do away with merit pay increases for employees in the next fiscal year.
Headmasters are often appointed in their 30s and rewarded with merit pay if they do well but moved on quickly if their schools underperform.
In short, merit pay for work well done.
Mr Obama called for longer school hours, which teachers' unions are not keen on, and merit pay, which they hate.
Reform has been vigorously opposed, perhaps most egregiously in education, where charter schools, vouchers, academies and merit pay all faced drawn-out battles.
He introduced merit pay for public workers and performance metrics for state agencies.
As Bill Gates has pointed out, they are taking part in an initiative funded by his foundation to develop new measures of teacher performance, which could be the basis for a form of merit pay.
Michelle Rhee, the chancellor of the awful school system in Washington, DC, closed failing schools, fired more than 200 ineffective teachers and principals, and advocated merit pay.
Other education specialists have different ways to determine merit pay that may be worth considering.
There are many components of compensation systems such as direct ( base pay， merit pay) and indirect (protection programs， paid time away from work).
