[Note: Media interested in attending the conference should contact Cate Gardner at (615) 322-7630 or conference@performanceincentives.org.]
Paying teachers based on their performance in the classroom is a trend gaining momentum across the United States. But does it work? The complex issues surrounding that question will be the topic of a national conference, “Performance Incentives: Their Growing Impact on American K-12 Education,” hosted by the at Vanderbilt University Feb. 28-29. The conference will be held at the Marriot Nashville at Vanderbilt University.
The conference is currently sold out; however, video of portions of the conference will be available online after the event at .
“At this conference we will work to identify the potential strengths and weaknesses of pay for performance policies and address key issues that have dominated the debate,” , center director and research assistant professor of public policy and education at Vanderbilt’s of education and human development, said. “This conference will provide insight to inform policy, which is of great importance during an era that espouses research-driven practice and accountability.”
Randi Weingarten, president of the , the nation’s largest union local with 201,486 members, will deliver the conference’s keynote address on Feb. 28 at 7:30 p.m. Weingarten is also a vice president of the and of the New York City Central Labor Council, and heads up the city’s Municipal Labor Committee, an umbrella organization for 100-plus city unions.
In addition to Weingarten, the conference will feature other nationally recognized experts from institutions that include Vanderbilt’s Peabody College, , , the , , , , the , , , , , , , and .
More information about the conference, including a complete list of speakers and a full agenda, is available at: .
The National Center on Performance Incentives was created in 2006 with a five-year, $10 million grant from the United States Department of Education’s . The grant is a cooperative agreement between the Institute of Education Sciences, the and Vanderbilt University. It is led by Executive Director , professor of public policy and education at Vanderbilt’s Peabody College, and Director Matthew Springer.
For more information on the National Center on Performance Incentives, visit . For more information about Peabody College, visit . For more Vanderbilt news, visit http://www.vanderbilte.edu/news.
Media Contact: Melanie Moran, (615) 322-NEWS
melanie.moran@vanderbilt.edu