• Press Release

    Guilford Mission Possible program shows positive signs

    posted September 22, 2008
    RALEIGH — Guilford County public schools have seen “promising results” during the first two years of Mission Possible, an incentive-pay program for teachers and administrators. That’s the assessment of a…
  • Research Report

    Performance Pay for Teachers: Increasing Student Achievement in Schools with Critical Needs

    posted September 22, 2008 by Dr. Terry Stoops
    In 2006, in recognition of the need to attract and retain experienced administrators and teachers who teach subjects (Math and English/Language Arts) that are part of the state and federal accountability requirements, Guilford County Schools, the third largest school system in North Carolina, initiated Mission Possible. The program offers recruitment and performance incentives for teachers and administrators who teach in the county’s low-performing and low-income schools.

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