Michelle Rhee, the chancellor of the awful school system in Washington, DC, closed failing schools, fired more than 200 ineffective teachers and principals, and advocated merit pay.

Michelle Rhee，当她在华盛顿特区担任这个糟糕的教区的执事长时，她关闭一些不合格的学校，开除了超过200名不胜任的教师和校长，同时提倡绩效工资。

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Third, it created a merit-pay system in which teachers whose pupils pass certain exams get bonuses.

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This opinion is supported by long-term research published recently in the United States, which tracked a sample of academics who had worked within a merit-pay system.

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In his report into police pay and conditions last year, Mr Winsor called for the abolition of a series of allowances and special payments and for a pay system that recognised hard work and merit instead of long service.

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