Florida Chamber of Commerce Tackles Performance Pay for Teachers

Though not one of our priority issues, the Florida Chamber is supporting a bold initiative to reward classroom teachers based on performance. Of course, the teacher's union opposes any challenges to the status quo - preferring to reward excellence and mediocrity equally.

The misinformation campaign of the teacher's union has been massive.

Here's more from the Florida Chamber:

As we enter the second half of this year’s Legislative Session, the Florida Chamber-backed education reform package is now at the forefront of a heated controversy between the union and education reform advocates. To help raise awareness of how important education reform is to all Floridians, the Florida Chamber of Commerce is actively spreading the word about how this legislation will not only support Florida’s teachers in a positive manner, but also help ensure our state has a highly skilled, dynamic workforce in the future. We believe this legislation is vitally important to every Floridian, as well as the future of our state.

To ensure our members have the opportunity to get the actual facts about this important reform package, the Florida Chamber has created a special Web site, www.classroomflorida.com, with the most accurate, up-to-date information on this important issue.

Please take a moment to visit the Web site and get the facts on critical issues that have the ability to transform the way we educate Florida’s students, including the "right-size" class size amendment, raising graduation standards and higher performance pay for high-quality teachers. We also encourage you to share this email with others who would like to help support Florida’s teachers. You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter, just click the links on the Classroom Florida home page. Thanks for helping us keep the focus on Classroom Florida, where the jobs begin.