Contrast this first Bloomberg statement, delivered less than 3 months ago, with his statement at the press conference yesterday.
July 2007 – “Many of you in this room work or have worked in the private sector. You know how to attract and retain the best people. Make them feel respected. And get the most out of them. You pay them more. You give them incentives to take on the toughest challenges and succeed. And you hold them accountable for results. And those who don’t perform up to standard – you let go. That’s Management 101, and it’s the way we treat all professionals – except in our schools.”
October 2007 – (paraphrase) – I’m a capitalist. I believe in [merit pay]. In some cases it’s easy to measure whether you do a better job than the person sitting to your left or right. In the schools, it is a much more collaborative effort. It’s really hard to tell whether it is just you or whether it is other teachers in the schools that support you. They in fact may have kids for parts of the day that you don’t have them. It’s not so easy to say who is responsible.
There’s hope for anyone who can have such a change of heart.
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