D.C. School District Proposes Merit Pay For Teachers : NPR

Awesome!  Pay the teachers more, see what happens.  I've been a fan of the "trickle up" model: start paying the people at the bottom more, and see how much they think the administrators are really worth that siphon off the budget and apply ridiculous policies.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92663976