Merit Pay is NOT Enough to Make a Difference in the Classroom.

The National Center on Performance Incentives at Vanderbilt University just reported on the finding of their 3-year POINT project. This research, the first scientific study of performance pay ever conducted in the United States, investigated the foundational question, “Does bonus pay alone improve student outcomes?” Interestingly enough, they found the […]

Merit Pay is NOT Enough to Make a Difference in the Classroom.

The National Center on Performance Incentives at Vanderbilt University just reported on the finding of their 3-year POINT project. This research, the first scientific study of performance pay ever conducted in the United States, investigated the foundational question, “Does bonus pay alone improve student outcomes?” Interestingly enough, they found the […]

Millenials: They Have Different Learning Needs

  drzreflects.com                    In the UNI workshop on our Liberal Arts Core, I mentioned the need for educators to consider our students’ needs and address them – not the other way around.   At UNI the average undergraduate student is 21 years old. This places this audience right in the middle of […]