NYC Charters Get Grant for Merit Pay

The NY Times is reporting a story that a NYC Charter school group received a grant to pay merit pay to their employees:

The United States Department of Education has awarded a $10.5 million grant to a New York City nonprofit group to create merit pay systems in 10 local charter schools, local and federal education officials announced yesterday.

The grant, to be spent over five years, will allow the charter schools to pay annual performance bonuses of up to $8,000 for school supervisors, $6,000 for teachers and $2,000 for aides.

The money was awarded to the Center for Educational Innovation — Public Education Association, a nonprofit group that has long been involved in the city school system.

Unfortunately, the story does not describe how the bonuses will be arrived at, but at least some segment of the education establishment is starting to get it regarding merit pay.