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Rosenholtz, Susan J. – Elementary School Journal, 1986
Suggests that the latest calls for educational reform have come from politicians, not educators, and warns that merit pay is an ineffective means of improving the quality of teaching. Points out that career ladders may work well as incentives, but only under carefully regulated conditions. (DR)
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Educational Change, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education