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Ed board seeks full funding of bonuses

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The state Board of Education approved a measure Thursday to ask the Legislature to fully fund bonuses for teachers who obtained national board certification.

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Performance pay: Momentum grows for new salary plan

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Oklahoman Editorial-- "The timing is right for Oklahoma to launch a performance pay plan for teachers. The idea passed its first hurdle at the state Capitol but has a long legislative path to travel before becoming reality."

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TPS betterment plan may get help

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Tulsa Public Schools' plan to improve teacher effectiveness has garnered new attention from local philanthropists, Superintendent Keith Ballard told the school board at a special meeting Saturday.

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OEA: Teachers may need to sue for stipend

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Oklahoma teachers who received $350 less in their bonus checks this year for obtaining National Board Certification may have to take legal action against their school districts to dispute the deductions, the Oklahoma Education Association has advised its members.

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Certified teacher bonuses are missing about $350

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The Oklahoma State Department of Education didn't send school districts the money to cover employers' portion of Federal Insurance Contributions Act, or FICA, tax on the $5,000 incentive stipends those teachers receive, so most districts just subtracted it from their payments.

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States Rethink Policies on National-Board Teachers

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Since the nation plunged into economic turmoil, a handful of states have scaled back pay bonuses and subsidies for teachers who earn certification through the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.

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L.A. schools chief to work for free for a day

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L.A. Unified Supt. Ramon C. Cortines has decided to go to work on Monday, a day he had originally planned to take off, although he will not be paid.

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City schools chief to take next Monday off

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L.A. Unified Supt. Ramon C. Cortines said Thursday that he plans to take a furlough day next week and hopes other district employees follow his example.

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Top pay as varied as jobs

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A Tulsa World analysis of data from the state Department of Education found that Oklahoma's 532 school districts are spending almost $51.3 million, including more than $4.9 million in fringe benefits, to compensate school superintendents.

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Putnam City School's cost-cutting plan supported

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Putnam City School District administrators, teachers and support staff say they back the district’s plan to cut costs.

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TPS cuts likely to go deeper

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Tulsa Public Schools may have to implement across-the-board salary reductions and additional furlough days for employees because state aid reductions have been worse than anticipated, Superintendent Keith Ballard told the school board Tuesday.

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Two teachers ordered to return more than $148,000 in overpayments

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L.A. Unified's action is part of increased efforts to retrieve millions of dollars paid out because of a payroll malfunction.

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Group offers pennies for board members' thoughts

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A handful of members from the Tulsa Public Schools support workers union visited the home of each school board member on Thursday trying to garner support for their side of an increasingly heated contract dispute.

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Union Chief Seeks to Overhaul Teacher Evaluation Process

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Facing criticism that her union makes it too hard to get rid of bad teachers, the head of a top union is tapping Kenneth R. Feinberg to run an effort to create a new model for evaluation.

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A Serious Proposal

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BOB HERBERT -- The American Federation of Teachers should follow its president’s recommendation to accept a form of teacher evaluation that takes student achievement into account.

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Ed board seeks full funding of bonuses

Performance pay: Momentum grows for new salary plan

TPS betterment plan may get help

OEA: Teachers may need to sue for stipend

Certified teacher bonuses are missing about $350

States Rethink Policies on National-Board Teachers

L.A. schools chief to work for free for a day

City schools chief to take next Monday off

Top pay as varied as jobs

Putnam City School's cost-cutting plan supported

TPS cuts likely to go deeper

Two teachers ordered to return more than $148,000 in overpayments

Group offers pennies for board members' thoughts

Union Chief Seeks to Overhaul Teacher Evaluation Process

A Serious Proposal

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